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What did Prince Henry the Navigator do to help Portuguese expansion?
What did Prince Henry the Navigator do to help Portuguese expansion?
What were the Portuguese looking for by sailing around Africa?
What were the Portuguese looking for by sailing around Africa?
Who became the first European to sail around the Cape of Good Hope?
Who became the first European to sail around the Cape of Good Hope?
What did Vasco da Gama do?
What did Vasco da Gama do?
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What was the connection between exploration and trade for the Portuguese?
What was the connection between exploration and trade for the Portuguese?
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Who is credited as the discoverer of modern-day Brazil?
Who is credited as the discoverer of modern-day Brazil?
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Who named the newly encountered lands 'America'?
Who named the newly encountered lands 'America'?
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Study Notes
Portugal's Exploration and the Search for New Trade Routes
- Portugal was the first European nation to acquire an overseas empire through exploration.
- Prince Henry the Navigator played a significant role in Portuguese expansion and made contact with Africa for trade in ivory, gold, and slaves.
- Henry sponsored many explorers and trained them in mapmaking, ship design, and navigation.
- The Portuguese were looking for a faster sea route to Asia by sailing around Africa.
- Bartolomeu Dias became the first European to sail around the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa in 1488.
- Vasco da Gama sailed south from Portugal, rounded the Cape of Good Hope, and reached India in 1497, establishing a vast trading empire.
- The Portuguese seized key ports in the Indian Ocean, and da Gama confirmed Portugal's status as a world power.
- Exploration was connected to trade, and the Portuguese hoped to convert Africans to Christianity while looking for new trade routes.
- Christopher Columbus sailed west in search of a sea route to the Fast Indies, but he underestimated the distance and encountered North and South America.
- Dutch merchants reached Asia and were successful in the East Indies spice trade, establishing trading colonies in Suriname, South Africa, and Indonesia.
- Pedro Alvares Cabral is credited as the discoverer of modern-day Brazil, and Amerigo Vespucci concluded that the lands Columbus called "the Indies" were part of a "New World."
- A German mapmaker named the newly encountered lands "America," a Latin version of Vespucci's first name.
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Test your knowledge on Portugal's exploration and the search for new trade routes with this quiz! Learn about Prince Henry the Navigator, Bartolomeu Dias, Vasco da Gama, and the Portuguese Empire's impact on world history. Discover the connection between exploration and trade, and how the quest for new sea routes led to the discovery of lands like Brazil and the Americas. Keywords: Portugal, exploration, trade routes, Prince Henry the Navigator, Bartolomeu Dias, Vasco da Gama
