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Portugal in the Age of Discovery
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History of Portugal (1415–1578)
The
kingdom of Portugal
15th century was one of the first European powers to begin building a
colonial empire
. The
Portuguese Renaissance
was a period of
exploration
, during which Portuguese sailors discovered several Atlantic archipelagos like the
Azores
,
Madeira
, or
Cape Verde
, explored and colonized
the African coast
, discovered an
eastern route to India
that rounded the
Cape of Good Hope
, discovered Brazil, explored the
Indian Ocean
and established trading routes throughout most of
southern Asia
, and sent the first direct European maritime trade and diplomatic missions to
Ming China
and
to Japan
.
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