The Oceans and the Earth remained practically unexplored and unknown until the Age of the Portuguese Discoveries of the XV and XVI centuries that opened the routes to Africa to Asia and the Americas ,revealing a new geographical dimension of the Planet ,impacting contemporary cultures and trade opportunities to the World.
A ocorrência meteorológica sazonal, que os árabes denominaram de ”monção” é causado pelas diferenças térmicas entre o mar e a massa continental, que desencadeia periódicas ciclones tropicais na costa noroeste …
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Madeira wine dating from 1796 and 1820s found in a sealed compartment in the wine cellar of the Liberty Hall Museum in New Jersey will be auctioned in December at …
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In the first half of the 16th century Portugal did not have a large army, but had a Navy, with large vessels of the type that we would today call …
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The British weekly publication “The Economist “published recently an editorial on the theme of the South African land reform debate entitled “Don’t do as Mugabe did”, The patronizing tone of …
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From the Heroes’ Heaven in the clouds Napoleon may be witnessing that his vision for a greater and deeper union of Europe is being accomplished, without England. The empire that …
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The poet Luis de Camoes called the sons of the King D.João I the “illustrious Generation”, to pay tribute to the influence that they had in the Portuguese history. They …
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