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Portuguese Empire - Wikipedia

It was one of the longest-lived colonial empires in European history, lasting 584 years from the conquest of Ceuta in North Africa in 1415, to the transfer of ...

Portuguese Empire - World History Encyclopedia

Very often a string of coastal trading centres with defensive fortifications, there were larger territorial colonies like Brazil, Angola, and ...

Portuguese colonization of the Americas - Wikipedia

Portugal colonized parts of South America (Brazil, Colónia do Sacramento, Uruguay, Guanare, Venezuela), but also made some unsuccessful attempts to colonize ...

History of Portugal - Britannica

The Portuguese forcibly established themselves in Male from 1558 until their expulsion in 1573. In the 17th century the islands were a sultanate ...

Western colonialism - Portugal, Seaborne, Empire | Britannica

Western colonialism - Portugal, Seaborne, Empire: Following Christopher Columbus' first voyage, the rulers of Portugal and Spain, ...

How Portugal silenced 'centuries of violence and trauma' - Al Jazeera

Often by force, and under the banner of Christian crusading missions, the Portuguese established settlements and trading posts including, among ...

Portuguese Colonialism in Africa - Oxford Research Encyclopedias

Its first focus of interest was North Africa, namely, the port town of Ceuta, Morocco, North Africa. In the summer of 1415, the Portuguese King ...

Former Portuguese Colonies - WorldAtlas

It created a network of colonies that spanned five continents: Europe, Africa, South America, North America, and Asia.

'We need to tell people everything': Portugal grapples with legacy of ...

Dias says people find it hard to admit that the racism fostered by slavery and colonialism still exists – let alone acknowledge how thoroughly ...

How Portugal Rose & Fell as a Colonial Power | Britannica

The colonies began striving for independence. DEMANDT: "Portuguese colonialist rule - like that of all colonial powers - was, in fact, already obsolete."

How The Portuguese Empire Was Forged - YouTube

Portuguese Empire was composed of the overseas colonies, factories, and later overseas territories, governed by Portugal. It was one of the ...

Portuguese empire: 1415 - 1999 - Oxford Reference

Go to slave trade, African in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 15th century · Politics · Conquest and colonization ...

Portuguese Empire Timeline - World History Encyclopedia

Very often a string of coastal trading centres with defensive fortifications, there were larger territorial colonies like Brazil, Angola, and Mozambique. White ...

Portuguese Exploration and Spanish Conquest - Lumen Learning

Portuguese colonization of Atlantic islands in the 1400s inaugurated an era of aggressive European expansion across the Atlantic. In the 1500s, Spain ...

The Portuguese Colonization of the Americas - WorldAtlas

Portugal successfully colonized South America and unsuccessfully attempted to colonize parts of North America (Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia in ...

Three graphics that explain Portuguese colonialism - Global Voices

Three graphics that explain Portuguese colonialism. From occupation to war, we dismantled myths of Portuguese colonialism.

Portuguese Colonization, Catholic Faith, and the Relativization of ...

The influence of Catholicism rooted in the Portuguese colonization of Brazil remains alive in the Brazilian Supreme Court's jurisprudence.

Portuguese Colonization - Brazil - OER Commons

Brazil was the biggest colonial establishment of Portugal. The Portuguese attempted to first use the indigenous population as a source of labor. This did not ...

Portuguese Colonial Rule - African Studies - Oxford Bibliographies

Portugal's African empire was woven deeply into the culture, politics, and economics of the metropole.

Colonization of the New World - Norwich University - Online

Portuguese, French, Spanish, British, and indigenous influence continues to shape the continents' history to this day. Although specific population estimates ...