Portuguese maritime exploration
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portuguese-maritime-exploration-189-8841965
title:
Portuguese maritime exploration
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Portuguese maritime exploration resulted in the numerous territories and maritime routes recorded by the Portuguese as a result of their intensive maritime journeys during the 15th and 16th centuries. Portuguese sailors were at the vanguard of European exploration, chronicling and mapping the coasts of Africa and Asia, then known as the East Indies, and Canada and Brazil, in what came to be known as the Age of Discovery. Methodical expeditions started in 1419 along West Africa's coast under the
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Numerous territories and maritime routes recorded by the Portuguese
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_maritime_exploration
date created:
2007-11-21T16:21:37Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T06:50:46Z
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