Vasco da Gama and the Rise of the Portuguese Empire
Dan tells the story of Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama who changed the world in 1499.
Briefly on MSN12 个月
17 most famous explorers ranked and their legendary routes
Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese explorer and navigator who sailed under the flags of Spain and Portugal. He led the first ...
PBS1 个月
Europeans Come to Western Africa
The first Europeans to come to Africa's West Coast to trade were funded by Prince Henry, the famous Portuguese patron, who hoped to bring riches to Portugal. The purpose of the exploration ...
Rolling Out1 个月
The powerful legacy of the Portuguese in Africa
The story of Portuguese in Africa started centuries ago during the Age of Discovery. Portuguese explorers, traders, and colonizers established footholds along Africa’s coasts, from Angola to ...
National Geographic news3 年
A Spy, a Map, and the Quest for Power in 16th-Century Europe
Inscriptions made by Portuguese explorer Diogo Cão near the Congo River, 1483. Navy Museum, Lisbon Photograph by DEA/Album Fittingly for a document chronicling voyages, the planisphere itself ...
BBC7 年
Astrolabe: Shipwreck find 'earliest navigation tool'
It is believed to date from between 1495 and 1500. The item was recovered from a Portuguese explorer which sank during a storm in the Indian Ocean in 1503. The boat was called the Esmeralda and ...