Portuguese maritime exploration resulted in the numerous territories and maritime routes recorded by the Portuguese as a result of their intensive maritime...
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Exploration is the process of exploring, an activity which has some expectation of discovery. Organised exploration is largely a human activity, but exploratory...
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Age of Discovery (redirect from Age of Exploration and Discovery)
European oceanic exploration started with the maritime expeditions of Portugal to the Canary Islands in 1336, and later with the Portuguese discoveries of...
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Prince Henry the Navigator (redirect from Prince Henry of Portugal)
legend of Prester John and the expansion of Portuguese trade. He is regarded as the patron of Portuguese exploration. Henry was the third surviving son of King...
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The Portuguese Empire (Portuguese: Império Português, European Portuguese: [ĩˈpɛ.ɾju puɾ.tuˈɣeʃ]), also known as the Portuguese Overseas (Ultramar Português)...
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Caravel (redirect from Portuguese caravel)
The caravel (Portuguese: caravela, IPA: [kɐɾɐˈvɛlɐ]) is a small maneuverable sailing ship used in the 15th century by the Portuguese to explore along...
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Discovery with Portuguese explorers sailing across the whole world. By the 15th century, Lagos became the centre of Portuguese maritime exploration, with ships...
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Exploration – US government scientific agencyPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets Timeline of maritime migration and exploration Russo...
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named the "Portuguese golden age" (Portuguese: Século de Ouro; "golden century") and the "Portuguese Renaissance". During this period, Portugal was the first...
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Gaspar da Gama (category Portuguese exploration in the Age of Discovery)
was an interpreter ("Língua", in old Portuguese) and guide to several fleets of the Portuguese maritime explorations. He was of Jewish origin and was probably...
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increasingly influential Portuguese maritime presence, John II craved for trade routes and for the expansion of the kingdom of Portugal which had already been...
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oil') from الزيت az-zayt. Starting in the 15th century, the Portuguese maritime explorations led to the introduction of many loanwords from Asian languages...
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re-establishing the power of the Portuguese monarchy, reinvigorating the Portuguese economy, and renewing his country's exploration of Africa and Asia. Born in...
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Lisbon-Macau Raid (category 1924 in Portugal)
in Portugal. It was intended to be a first step towards a future around-the-world flight, and a reminder of the great age of Portuguese maritime exploration...
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In 1506, Portuguese naval forces, under the command of the esteemed Portuguese admiral Afonso de Albuquerque, initiated a series of raids along the coasts...
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The Maritime Silk Road or Maritime Silk Route is the maritime section of the historic Silk Road that connected China, Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent...
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The theory of Portuguese discovery of Australia claims that early Portuguese navigators were the first Europeans to sight Australia between 1521 and 1524...
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The Portuguese Navy (Portuguese: Marinha Portuguesa, also known as Marinha de Guerra Portuguesa or as Armada Portuguesa) is the naval branch of the Portuguese...
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Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula, in Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes...
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the history of the various maritime-related sciences (oceanography, cartography, hydrography, etc.), sea exploration, maritime economics and trade, shipping...
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to the Portuguese Navy. Afonso granted public funding to raise a proper commercial fleet and ordered the first Portuguese maritime explorations. The conflict...
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Ruy de Sequeira (category Portuguese explorers)
to the exploration of new territories. Born around 1460 into a noble Portuguese family, Sequeira demonstrated an early passion for exploration and navigation...
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Thalassocracy (redirect from Maritime empire)
A thalassocracy or thalattocracy, sometimes also maritime empire, is a state with primarily maritime realms, an empire at sea, or a seaborne empire. Traditional...
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Also, the Castilian crown needed an alternative to the Portuguese controlled eastern maritime trade route around Africa to India and East Asia. On August...
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kingdom. He also followed the politics of his father concerning the maritime exploration of Africa. He encouraged and financed his famous brother, Henry the...
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Girolamo Sernigi (category Portuguese exploration in the Age of Discovery)
Lisbon's economic life and played an important role in the financing of Portuguese maritime expeditions in search of new products and markets. Sernigi himself...
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The maritime European exploration of Australia consisted of several waves of European seafarers who sailed the edges of the Australian continent. Dutch...
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