Portuguese Empire
The Portuguese Empire was the earliest and longest lived of the modern
European colonial empires, spanning almost six centuries, from the capture of
Ceuta in 1415 to the handover of
Macau in
1999.Portuguese explorers began exploring the coast of Africa in 1419, leveraging the latest developments in
navigation,
cartography and maritime technology such as the
caravel, in order that they might find a sea route to the source of the lucrative
spice trade. In 1488,
Bartolomeu Dias rounded the
Cape of Good Hope, and in 1498,
Vasco da Gama reached India. In 1500, by an accidental landfall on the
South American coast for some, by the crown's secret design for others,
Pedro Álvares Cabral would find and lead to the establishment of the colony of
Brazil. Over the following decades, Portuguese sailors continued to explore the coasts and islands of East Asia, establishing forts and trading posts as they went. By 1571, a string of outposts connected
Lisbon to
Nagasaki: the empire had become truly global, and in the process brought great wealth to
Portugal.
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Empire colonial portugais
Portugiesische Kolonialgeschichte
Portugalskie imperium kolonialne
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