Portuguese discoveries

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The Portuguese discoveries were a series of pioneering maritime explorations by Portugal during the 15th and 16th centuries that opened new sea routes, expanded global trade, and initiated European contact with Africa, Asia, and the Americas.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Age of Discovery ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
maritime exploration ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Portuguese Age of Discovery ⓘ
Portuguese maritime discoveries ⓘ
cause desire to bypass Ottoman and Venetian intermediaries ⓘ
expansion of Christian influence ⓘ
interest in gold and spices ⓘ
search for new trade routes to Asia ⓘ
country Kingdom of Portugal ⓘ
endTime 16th century ⓘ
hasPart Atlantic exploration voyages ⓘ
Brazilian expeditions ⓘ
Indian Ocean voyages ⓘ
Portuguese India Armadas ⓘ
voyages to East Africa ⓘ
voyages to Macau ⓘ
voyages to Nagasaki ⓘ
voyages to Southeast Asia ⓘ
voyages to West Africa ⓘ
voyages to the Persian Gulf ⓘ
voyages to the Red Sea ⓘ
includedEvent Cabral expedition to Brazil and India ⓘ
Portuguese arrival in China ⓘ
Portuguese arrival in Japan ⓘ
discovery of Brazil ⓘ
discovery of Madeira ⓘ
discovery of the Azores ⓘ
discovery of the sea route to India ⓘ
establishment of the Carreira da Índia ⓘ
rounding of Cape Bojador ⓘ
rounding of Cape of Good Hope ⓘ
voyage of Vasco da Gama to India ⓘ
voyages to the Spice Islands ⓘ
influenced Spanish exploration of the Americas ⓘ
Treaty of Tordesillas ⓘ
globalization ⓘ
language Portuguese ⓘ
mainRegion Americas ⓘ
Asia ⓘ
Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Atlantic archipelagos ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ
Brazilian coast ⓘ
China ⓘ
Indian Ocean ⓘ
Indian subcontinent ⓘ
linked to: South Asia

Japan ⓘ
Persian Gulf ⓘ
Red Sea ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ
coasts of Africa ⓘ
partOf European maritime expansion ⓘ
linked to: Age of Exploration
patron King John II of Portugal ⓘ
linked to: John II of Portugal

King Manuel I of Portugal ⓘ
Prince Henry the Navigator ⓘ
linked to: Henry the Navigator
result European contact with Brazil ⓘ
European contact with China ⓘ
European contact with East Africa ⓘ
European contact with India ⓘ
European contact with Japan ⓘ
European contact with West Africa ⓘ
beginning of European colonialism in Asia ⓘ
beginning of European colonialism in Brazil ⓘ
development of Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
establishment of Portuguese Empire ⓘ
expansion of global trade networks ⓘ
integration of Atlantic and Indian Ocean trade ⓘ
opening of sea route around Africa to India ⓘ
spread of Christianity overseas ⓘ
significantPerson Afonso de Albuquerque ⓘ
Bartolomeu Dias ⓘ
Diogo Cão ⓘ
Fernão de Magalhães ⓘ
linked to: Ferdinand Magellan

Gil Eanes ⓘ
Nuno Tristão ⓘ
Pedro Álvares Cabral ⓘ
Prince Henry the Navigator ⓘ
linked to: Henry the Navigator

Tristão da Cunha ⓘ
linked to: Tristan da Cunha

Vasco da Gama ⓘ
startTime early 15th century ⓘ
used astrolabe ⓘ
caravel ship ⓘ
lateen sail ⓘ
nao (carrack) ship ⓘ
portolan charts ⓘ
quadrant ⓘ

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