Manuel I of Portugal

The primary source that I decided to read about and study was “Vasco da Gama: Round Africa to India”. In the Western Civilization course, we were taught about the different explorations that many men were apart of in order to explore and create relations with other countries in the world. Vasco da Gama was in charge of leading a Portuguese exploration to sail from Portugal to around the tip of Africa and to India. His task was to find a route that could lead to open up European enterprises for trading goods between Europe and Asia. Explorations were one of the most significant part of our histories because we discovered more countries and cultures that we still benefit from it now. If humankind had not explored the world, then our current world…

The Kingdom of Kongo’s ruler, King Afonso I, addressed the King of Portugal in a series of letters where he expressed his concerns about their interconnected trading system; in which merchandise and slaves were exchanged between both states. Portugal noticed the naivety of the Kongo’s leader so they continued to depopulate their land which led to The Kingdom of Kongo’s gradual decline. The Kingdom of Kongo was once thriving at a rapid pace. The population was growing, new crops…

“I am not the man I once was. I do not want to back in time, to be the second son the second man.” (Vasco da Gama) Vasco da Gama was a navigator who made history when he founded the first route to India. He was awarded two different important titles. Vasco da Gama was one of the most successful and important explorers to the Renaissance time period. Vasco da Gama was born into a noble family around 1460 in Sines Portugal. He was the son of Estêvão da Gama. When he was old enough he joined the…

and cutting out the middleman for trade. Bartolomeu Dias was born in 1450 to a wealthy Portuguese family. Not much is known about Bartolomeu Dias’s early life, except that he received a very good education. There is a theory that he is a descendent of Prince Henry the Navigator’s pilots, but there is not facts to prove this. One of the only things know about his early life is that he was in charge of some of king João II’s warehouses. He also made a single voyage on some type of warship. In…

When he was twelve years old, he traveled with his brother to serve as pages in the queen of Lisbon’s court. While he was there, he heard stories of the rivalry between Spain and Portugal for sea exploration and spice trade. He was told that fame and riches came along with this and from then on, he was determined to become a sailor. When he was twenty five years old, he enlisted into a Portuguese fleet heading towards India. Over the next few years, he was part of several expeditions and…

the Portuguese nobility. At an early age he became a page to Queen Leonor, wife of John II (reigned 1481–95) and sister of Manuel I (reigned 1495–1521), in Lisbon. In early 1505 he enlisted in the fleet of Francisco de Almeida, first viceroy of Portuguese India, whose expedition King Manuel sent to check Muslim sea power along the African and Indian coasts and to establish a strong Portuguese presence in the Indian Ocean. During a naval engagement at Cannanore (now Kannur) on the Malabar Coast…

steep rivers, diseases, and military defenses made it impossible for the Europeans to conquer Africa. During The first half of the nineteenth century, European had to be satisfied with their alliance with African kingdoms and rulers. The Portuguese led the way in European exploration and expansion in Africa. The Portuguese established alliance with Congo kingdom, a Bantu speaking people along the Congo River in west- central Africa. Their king, nzinga Mbemba converted to Christianity, changed…

Throughout the book, Candide is referred to as someone “innocent or “naive.” Candide’s devotion towards Cunegonde is so strong that it is actually scary if the kind of love Candide feels towards Cunegonde is unrequited, then the outcome of what Candide would do to himself would be unpredictable. His love for Cunegonde takes him around the world, fleeing certain countries like Portugal, France, Brazil, and El Dorado. On the same note, I discovered it really neat that every person that Candide has…

"Be the life of the party!" Was the first song Shawn Mendes performed. He wrote that song to let people know it's okay to be yourself and be confident.This was to give u a inside scoop on the newcomer Shawn mendes, where he was born and his family, how he got discovered and last but not least just fun facts about Shawn. Shawn Mendes was born on August 8, 1996. He was born in Toronto, Canada. His full name is Shawn peter raul Mendes. He has only one sister named Aaliyah mendes. His parents names…

Sonata in A minor, K. 110 Domenico Scarlatti Domenico Scarlatti was born in Naples, Italy, on October 26, 1685. A brilliant musician at an early age, Scarlatti followed in the compositional footsteps of his father, Alessandro Scarlatti. In 1708, Scarlatti moved to Rome to become maestro di cappella to the exiled queen of Poland, Maria Casimira. He later became head of the Cappella Giulia, the choir of St. Peter’s Basilica that sings for all solemn functions of the Vatican. While in Rome,…