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Portugal
Portugal emerged from medieval Iberia and built one of history’s most extensive maritime empires. Read how overseas expansion transformed the country and connected it with societies around the world.
The typical settlement in the early phase of Portuguese colonialism was the feitoria, or fortified trading post....
The Portuguese began their empire as a search for access to the gold of West Africa. Introduction...
African peoples quickly began to see the bewildering new threat to them from these strange visitors with...
The two kingdoms squabbled over states and peoples that had never even heard of these two small...
The Portuguese were keen for a base even closer to the lucrative trade markets in the southern...
It is likely that Cape Verde was known to ancient mariners such as the Phoenicians, and to...
Not all the islands were settled at once but, over a period of the next 60 years...
The Portuguese Crown partitioned the islands and gave out ‘captaincies’ (donatarias) as part of the system of...
Sebastian passed into legend as a great Portuguese patriot and hero. Introduction Sebastianism (Portuguese: Sebastianismo) is a...
The King asleep in mountain until his return, in a foggy dawn, in Portugal’s greatest hour of...
The travel literature, which did not have Brazil as final destination, could have disproportionate and unsuspected repercussions....
Examining historic economic links with Portugal and its relationships abroad. By Dr. Ana Cardoso de Matos (left),...
Convent of São Gonçalo, North of Portugal / Photo by Edgar Jiménez, Wikimedia Commons The different stages in the spread...
Illustration of the Battle of Aljubarrota by Jean de Wavrin, 15th century / British Library, Wikimedia Commons Established in...
Elmina Castle also known as St. George of the Mine Castle in Ghana / Photo by Damien Halleux...
Divers are seen during the discovery of a centuries-old shipwreck, in Cascais in a photo released Monday....
Batty, Robert. Lisbon: The largo do Pelourinho. Pintado pelo Tenente Coronel Batty; gravura por Freebain. Londres: Moon Boys &...