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many sailors or those who might perish in this discovery or conquest walked through the streets of Lisbon, Portugal? Almost two hundred sailors walked through the streets of Lisbon, Portugal to ask God to forgive them. Where did Da Gama sail? “His ship rounded the southern tip of Africa, and entered the Indian Ocean.” Who sponsored him to find a route? “King Manuel the 1st of Portugal asked Da Gama to find a sea route to India.” My paper is going to be about some of the routes Vasco Da…

this period by the Europeans. The primary player in the Age of Discovery and exploration was Portugal. They took the major role in the fifteenth century to search for a route to Asia and acquire wealth and knowledge about navigation and mapping out the Atlantic Ocean. Overall Portugal had a huge role in the Age of Discovery and starting it. They also had a significant role in the African Slave Trade. Portugal made an enormous contribution to the Age of Discovery. It started with the Prince…

The explorer Vasco da Gama w born is Sines, Portugal, around 1460. In 1497, he was commissioned by the Portuguese king to find a maritime route to the East. His success in doing so proved to be one of the more instrumental moments in the history of navigation. He made two other voyages to India, and was appointed as Portuguese in India in 1524. To embark on the journey, Da Gama pointed his ships south, taking advantage of prevailing winds along the coast of Africa. Following several months of…

still dwelled in Spain. The Portuguese Inquisition differed from the Spanish Inquisition by being more structured and organized. “The Portuguese Inquisition started in 1536 at the request of Joao III, the king of Portugal”(bibliotecapleyades). Several Jews had left Spain to go to Portugal in hopes of not having to convert to Catholicsim; but they were later targeted. “The Sephardic Jews were the major targets of the Portuguese Inquisition”(bibliotecapleyades). “The Portuguese Inquistion was…

around the southern tip of Africa. He also discovered the European the south-east trade wind to the west and south of South Africa, then establishing the wind system for those who chose to sail after him. He was born in 1450 in Algarve Kingdom of Portugal he died 29 May 1500 at the age of 50 years he was part of the Portuguese royal household he sailed the southernmost tip of Africa in 1488 he reached the Indian ocean from the Atlantic he was the first European known to do that. He is mostly…

When da Gama returned to Portugal in September 1498, the Portuguese king decided to send out one more expedition immediately to India to take advantage of the new trading opportunities that had been opened up when da Gama returned. After all, da Gama would have been the logical choice…

enabling trade, commerce to flourish between East and West. This resulted in the creation of colonial empires by some of the European powers, in the occupation and often exploitation of others people’s land and resources. These great voyages helped Portugal create 49 sovereign countries. Portuguese missionaries in South American pioneered a new approach that honored and respected native people and protected them from the excesses of colonial rule, creating a series of Reducciones (missions)…

“Letters on the Slave trade” by King Affonso of Congo In the “Letters on the Slave Trade” written by king Nzinga Mbemba Affonso of Congo to the king of Portugal in 1526, Affonso explains his complains and worries about the human trade that has been taking place in his country over the years. In the first letter, king Affonso mentions with concern how vassals from his own kingdom are not complying to his orders because they are receiving goods from white men in greater abundance than what his…

to describe the complex, evolving relationships between immigration, ethnicity, and national identity in Brazil since 1808. Brazil declared its independence from Portugal in 1822. But their connection to Portugal lead to many of the problems it had after its independence. Brazil has been always, even from the times it was a part of Portugal, a slave state. It was its national identity, along with being a state of immigrants. Brazil’s act of striving for a “white” Brazil was used as an…

Beginning during the initial colonization of Brazil, through the Age of Imperialism when the fight for independence from Portugal began, Brazil has had a very colorful and significant history. While development in Brazil’s economy was slow to start, when valuable resources were discovered in Brazil the empire of industrialization began and lasted throughout the 21st century. Today, Brazil has one of the top ten largest economies worldwide. Brazil has been known to be an agrarian country, but…