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    well as each other. In the years following da Gama’s voyage‚ Portugal built a bustling trading empire throughout the Indian Ocean. As the Portuguese moved into the region‚ they took control of the spice trade from Muslim merchants. In 1510‚ the Portuguese captured Goa‚ a port city on India’s west coast. They made it the capital of their trading empire. They then sailed farther east to Indonesia‚ also known as the East Indies. Portugal did break the old Muslim-Italian domination on trade from the

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    Overview Portugal‚ officially the Portuguese Republic (Portuguese: República Portuguesa)‚ is a country located in south-western Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east. (Jenkins 1996) The capital of Portugal is Lisbon. Portugal claims to be the oldest European nation-state. (Jenkins 1996) Portugal is a developed country and it has the world ’s 19th-highest quality-of-life

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    discovered by Pedro Alvarez Cabral in the name of Portugal on April 22‚ 1500. During the 1530 ’s colonists from Portugal began to settle in Brazil and started establishing large sugar cane plantations. "Brazilian sugar‚ sold in Europe‚ brought wealth to Portugal."(Galloway) Large settlements like Recife‚ Salvador‚ and Sao Vicente were created and the Portuguese prospered. In time‚ two classes had developed. The first class was the reinois‚ those born in Portugal‚ and the second‚ the mazombos‚ the native-born

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    English aided Portugal in 1147 of The Great Siege of Lisbon‚ during the Second Crusade creating a start of a newfound friendship between the two countries. The Aliança Luso-Britânica was ratified at the Treaty of Windsor in 1386 becoming the oldest alliance in the world still in working order agreeing that if‚ at any point one of the royal members need help‚ assistance in a most respected and lawful manner will be delivered if able to do so without any deceit or fraud by the other party. To secure

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    The first‚ Portugal‚ moved throughout the Indian Ocean setting up their trading empire. They took control of the spice trade form Muslim merchants (did this by defeating a Muslim fleet off the coast of India)‚ built a fort at Hormuz‚ took control over the straits of

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    Pedro to the Brazilian masses as he attempted to free them from the incompetent hands of Portugal. Dom Pedro crowned himself emperor of Brazil with an almost Napoleon-like aire‚ however that was the most radical aspect of this revolution. Brazil’s run for independence was not a “full-scale assault on dependency‚” as Gordon Wood describes‚ but four generations of a Royal‚ Portuguese family who decided that Portugal was a colony of Brazil‚ not the other way around. When Brazil gained independence‚ the

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    Africa. Both these directions of exploration were partly in search of a viable sea-route in the Orient in order to break Venice’s iron-grip on the import of spices‚ silks and others goods from Africa and Asia. These projects were heavily dominated by Portugal and Spain since France was currently busy dealing with conflicts of both internal and

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    represented) Spain =Red Portugal =Green France =Blue England =Purple What Looking For (God‚ Glory‚ Gold‚ Fame) provide brief explanation Actual Findings and Locations of Actual Findings Significance of finding Contribution to knowledge that resulted from the voyage/s of exploration Positive or Negative Impact +/- …Historians are still debating whether the early explorers should be viewed primarily as heroes or exploiters Print out a world map of your choice. Locate and label Portugal‚ Spain‚ Nertherlands

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    Portugal’s rule. He brings to light certain cases‚ the episodes of the nationalist struggle in Mozambique and its aftermath. This essay will analyse the text of Mondlane and give an account of his reasoning’s. According to Mondlane relations between Portugal and Mozambique began in the late 1400’s with the main interest of opening a safer route to India for means of trade. This was not the case for long. They discovered how rich the country was in natural resources and realised

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    between Portuguese rule and local authority in Colonial Brazil The discovery of Brazil came about in the first half of 1500‚ when a Portuguese commander named Pedro Álvares Cabral landed on a beach in what is now the state of Bahia. King Manuel of Portugal had commissioned an ocean fleet larger than any of its predecessors‚ able to carry over a thousand people‚ and had then offered Cabral the caravels so he could set off with an experienced crew and head to the East Indies. The king expected great

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