the voyages of such explorers as Christopher Columbus of Italy and Vasco da Gama of Portugal. He also learned the fundamentalsof navigation. In 1496‚ Magellan was promoted to rank of squire and became a clerk in the marine department. There‚ he helped outfit ships for trade along the west coast of Arfica. Magellan first went into sea in 1505‚ when he sailed to India with the fleet of Francisco Almeida‚ Portugal’s first ruler to that country. In 1506‚ Magellan went on an expedition sent
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(Lusitania) versus the rest of South America speaking Spanish (Hispanic). Both Lusitania (Portugal) & Spain were under one crown. After they split up as 2 countries fuelling this rivalry‚ both countries claimed the whole of South America as colonial possession. Pope has to intervene to stop any Christian blood from spilling. He drew a N-S (vertical) line on the map of continent‚ giving the east half to Portugal and west half to Spain. So‚ Brazil became Portuguese and the rest Spanish. This rivalry
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wanted was more land and power. Countries that were powerful at the time were Spain‚ Portugal‚ Japan‚ and others. Also in the countries the governing body of them had their way or the highway they did not care what had to be done or who had to be killed. If the ruler of a certain country did not like something they did not care what had to be done to stop it. Powerful countries at the time such as Spain and Portugal only cared about power and one word that sums them up is greed. During the sixteenth
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up‚ they sent Christopher Columbus to sail west to reach the Indies by crossing the Atlantic. He ended up landing in uncharted territory‚ America‚ which was known as the New World. The Treaty of Tordesillas was signed to prevent conflict between Portugal and Spain‚ dividing the
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food or fruit they discover and this is came to be known as the “Age of Discovery”. This event caused Portugal to develop far more food groups and many more diverse meals which further influenced their culture into a more diversified one. Types of Foods Eaten Portugal as discussed above is rich in the tradition of food. The Portuguese are known from fish and crustaceans to cheese and wines. Portugal has a huge coastline which brings forth a huge sum of seafood into their diets. One dish that the
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neighboring civilizations. This trade network united the world. Because of it‚ just about all civilizations are conversant with each other. The Indian Ocean Trade began with small trading settlements around 800 A.D.‚ and ended in the 1500’s when Portugal invaded and tried to run the trade for its own profit. As trade intensified between Africa and Asia‚ powerful city-states flourished along the eastern coast of Africa. These city-states traded with inland kingdoms like Great Zimbabwe to obtain gold
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formed and groups advocating independence won wide spread support. Following the trend towards decolonization is South East Asia Portugal allowed political parties as a step towards indpendence and democracy in East Timor. However the Portuguese failed to ensure the security of East Timor. The was result was that nine days after it had declared its independence from Portugal‚ East Timor was invaded by neighbouring Indonesia. What followd was a quarter century of brutal oppression in which saw a quarter
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ongoing recruitment program in Portugal and Spain from November 2 to November 5. Having received more than 300 resumes‚ the company plans to hire 40 flight attendants in the two countries. Local candidates have showed great interest in the brand image and the distinctly Chinese culture of Beijing Capital Airlines‚ marking the globalization of the company’s crew recruitment. "We chose Lisbon as the first stop as we had just launched a non-stop service between China and Portugal‚" a person responsible for
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Imagine you are living in the 1400s in Europe. You are an explorer traveling the vast seas looking for uncharted territory. Your goal is to find new trade routes‚ goods‚ and land. This was the goal of many European explorers. Up until this point‚ the Vikings had developed trade networks. Leif Eriksson‚ a son of a Viking‚ sailed from West Norway to Greenland when heavy winds blew his ship to the coast of North America. It was not until 300 years later‚ in the 1400s‚ when people became interested in
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of Africa in 1487 and returned to Portugal with the news. Vasco da Gama reached the Swahili Coast of East Africa on his way to India. He returned to Portugal with spices from India. In 1494‚ the Spanish and the Portuguese signed a treaty to divide the world in two. The dividing line ran through the Atlantic with Spain gaining lands to the west including all the Americas. Brazil was given to Portugal. The eastern half including Africa and India was given to Portugal as well. The Spanish country came
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