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.
1085 The French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, during the war against England and its allies ,invaded most of Europe, including Holland, which made Dutch overseas colonies vulnerable to French domination. This …
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The history of Catalonia and Portugal is linked by shared events that marked the destiny of both peoples forever. The occupation of Portugal by Spain in 1580 deprived our country of …
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It was shortly after the Second World War. The mild climate and the hospitality of the people made Madeira a promising tourist destination but maritime and shipping connections with the …
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A justificação para algumas viragens no curso da história são objeto de versões que se tornam mais populares quando associadas a incidentes de natureza mais dramática. Uma questão que frequentemente …
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History in most cases cannot be rewritten, even when the chronicles of day register the incorrect facts One historical misconception is that Bartolmeu Dias or even Vasco da Gama discovered …
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By the end of the fifteenth century ,75 years after the discovery ,Madeira had become an agro industrial hub of sugar production. In 1493 at the peak of production there …
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The presence of the Portuguese Community in the Cape region is fairly recent taking in consideration that the Portuguese navigators were the first to discover the Cape. There are various …
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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 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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