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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Beatrice of Portugal era Age of Discoveries
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Order of Christ (Portugal) playedRoleIn Portuguese Age of Discoveries
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Portuguese expansion into North Africa partOf Portuguese overseas expansion
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Portuguese capture of Tangier partOf Portuguese overseas expansion
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Isabel de Castro associatedWithEvent Portuguese Age of Discovery
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Gil Eanes participantIn Portuguese Age of Discovery
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Nuno Tristão associatedWith Portuguese Age of Discovery
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Alvise Cadamosto participatedIn Portuguese Age of Discoveries
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Antão Gonçalves participatedIn Portuguese Age of Discovery
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Gonçalo Velho Cabral partOf Portuguese Age of Discovery
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Praça Afonso de Albuquerque associatedWith Portuguese Discoveries
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Praça Infante Dom Henrique dedicatedTo Portuguese Age of Discoveries
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Manuel I of Portugal era Age of Discoveries
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Marquis of Vidigueira linkedToEvent Portuguese Age of Discoveries
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Sagres Peninsula associatedWith Age of Discoveries
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Casa de Diogo Cão hasHistoricSignificance linked to Portuguese Age of Discoveries
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Knight of the Order of Christ historicallyLinkedTo Portuguese maritime expansion
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Portuguese discoveries alsoKnownAs Portuguese Age of Discovery
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House of Avis significantEvent Portuguese Age of Discoveries
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