Miguel of Portugal

During the 1700s and 1900s Europeans were expanding all around the world. Some counties had a lust for exploration while others lusted for colonization and larger markets. The force behind European expansion during this time was, Europe’s early commercial revolution. This expansion lead to new and unknown goods being brought into the European markets. Expansion lead Europe to acquire a global empire that resulted in a world defined by a transcultural phenomena. The world’s reaction to this…

Ola! The culture of Brazil is very vast and interesting, it includes cultural practices like the music people like to hear or the celebrations people have such as carnival. The language in Brazil is a big part of the country many people have learned Portuguese because that is the language they speak in Brazil and people are willing to learn it just so they can live there. Also things such as the nation its self which can include things like landscape, population, and the square miles of the…

southwest Europe. The name Portugal derives from the Roman name “Portus Cale.” Portugal is located in the Iberian Peninsula, south west of Spain and north east of the Atlantic Ocean. They started as the county of Portugal after the crusades started reconquering land to the moors. In 1143 Portugal had its independence and started conquering its way south. In 1297 it stabilized its borders, making itself the European country with the oldest borders. After several years, in 1415 Portugal started…

Maritime Exploration in the 1400s 1000 CE the vikings made the risky journey to Greenland and North America from Scandinavia and only until they made technological advance did they feel comfortable dominating the land. Muslims traders made early connections with Southern and Eastern Asia and Marco Polo’s experience even preceded theirs’. The spice lands were known for their international contributions and China, India and Africa were known for giving Europe most of their luxury items. The old…

The Mongols and the Europeans had many characteristics that were similar and characteristics that set them apart. They both had strong attributes that set them apart from any other group of people; they were powerful in their own way. It was the Mongols during the third wave civilizations era that created the largest and influential empire of that millennium. Their empire reached all the way to Eastern Europe and it was the Mongols that brought regions together into a single interacting network.…

his expedition to find the Spice Islands changed the world of exploration and changed our understanding of the Earth forever. Magellan was born in the year 1480 but his exact birthday is unknown. He was born into small noble family in northern Portugal. When he and…

32. What do you think Landes means by Portugal’s “leap beyond sense and sensibility”? (Or their “unreasonable initiative”?) Portugal was a small country that exported goods across its many islands. After some time passed, the country decided to turn it’s trading harbors and islands into the Portuguese empire. They did not have the means or manpower to run the empire but were persistent in their choice. 33. What does Landes mean, that the Portuguese “religious commitment entailed a serious…

attack by Malays. During the subsequent fighting he saved the life of a Portuguese explorer, his close friend Francisco Serrão. (Serrão, possibly a relative of Magellan’s, had sailed with Magellan to India in 1505.) Magellan attempted to return to Portugal afterward but was unsuccessful. At a council held at Cochin on October 10, 1510, to decide on plans for retaking Goa—which the Portuguese had captured earlier in the year but then lost—he advised against taking large ships at that season.…

SLIDE 2: The first relationship between Portugal and Japan started in 1543. The first explorers were Portuguese traders António Mota, Francisco Zeimoto and António Peixoto. When the Portuguese explorers arrived they landed in the southern archipelago of Japan. They were the first Europeans to discover Japan and established a relationship and trade with it. This was called the Nanban trade. The Portuguese and Japanese relationship and trade found the port of Nagasaki in 1571, through the deal of…

constant conflict between the different powers that were trying to occupy more land, the church, Spain, and Portugal. Through the lens of the film The Mission, directed by Roland Joffé, this conflict illuminates as the Church’s influence becomes threatened by the Portuguese King. This causes the Cardinal’s decision to go against his own peaceful values and opinion henceforth, giving Spain and Portugal the ability to conquer the native’s land. By looking at the common trend of the negative…