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... 209 KB (24,586 words) - 02:15, 28 April 2024 |
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... 28 KB (3,216 words) - 16:21, 10 April 2024 |
Exploration is the process of exploring, an activity which has some expectation of discovery. Organised exploration is largely a human activity, but exploratory... 49 KB (5,390 words) - 13:06, 29 April 2024 |
China Polynesian navigation Portuguese maritime exploration Spanish colonization of the Americas Timeline of European exploration Timeline of prehistory Timeline... 47 KB (1,174 words) - 20:36, 5 February 2024 |
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... 10 KB (998 words) - 08:54, 28 April 2024 |
Exploration – US government scientific agencyPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets Timeline of maritime migration and exploration Russo... 8 KB (877 words) - 19:39, 24 December 2023 |
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... 12 KB (1,560 words) - 23:40, 22 March 2024 |
In 1506, Portuguese naval forces, under the command of the esteemed Portuguese admiral Afonso de Albuquerque, initiated a series of raids along the coasts... 5 KB (589 words) - 20:08, 29 April 2024 |
The theory of Portuguese discovery of Australia claims that early Portuguese navigators were the first Europeans to sight Australia between 1521 and 1524... 67 KB (8,447 words) - 19:26, 8 April 2024 |
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula, in Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes... 227 KB (19,596 words) - 20:04, 29 April 2024 |
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... 22 KB (2,358 words) - 22:38, 24 April 2024 |
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... 4 KB (415 words) - 04:52, 23 April 2024 |
Also, the Castilian crown needed an alternative to the Portuguese controlled eastern maritime trade route around Africa to India and East Asia. On August... 23 KB (3,053 words) - 21:48, 22 April 2024 |
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... 2 KB (215 words) - 01:25, 27 January 2022 |
Bartolomeu Dias (category Maritime history of Portugal) Portuguese. Dias's plan was to drop them off at various points along the African coast so that they could testify to the grandeur of the Portuguese kingdom... 13 KB (1,743 words) - 01:49, 26 April 2024 |
Conquistador (category Portuguese exploration in the Age of Discovery) [koŋkistaˈðoɾes], Portuguese: [kõkiʃtɐˈðoɾɨʃ, kõkistɐˈdoɾis]; lit 'conquerors') was a term used to refer to Spanish and Portuguese colonialists of the... 134 KB (16,497 words) - 15:19, 27 April 2024 |
Volta do mar (category Portuguese exploration in the Age of Discovery) phrase in Portuguese means literally 'turn of the sea' but also 'return from the sea') is a navigational technique perfected by Portuguese navigators... 6 KB (646 words) - 11:44, 26 March 2024 |