Portuguese empire

A map illustrating the evolution of Portugal into a global colonial power following the period of European exploration of the 15th century. Portugal’s colonial Empire began in the fifteenth century...

This list breaks down the long history of Portugal and the areas which make up modern Portugal into bite-sized chunks to give you a quick overview.

Vasco da Gama, Portuguese navigator whose voyages to India in the late 15th and early 16th centuries opened up the sea route from western Europe to the East by way of the Cape of Good Hope. Learn more about da Gama’s life, voyages, and achievements in this article.

Portuguese Empire This online quiz is called Portuguese Empire | Quiz,. It was created by member Geographonic and has 17 questions.

Armed Portuguese Sailor c. 15th century SME047 from 2004 buying, selling or collecting? Manage your Del Prado collection in the catalogue on LastDodo.

Visual media documenting the era before the Great War and parts of the 20th century into the early 1930s.

The fleet arrived in Kappadu near Kozhikode (Calicut), in Malabar Coast (present day Kerala state of India), on 20 May 1498.

Departure of Vasco da Gama fleet to India - Lisbon 1497