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In 1297, King Dinis of Portugal took personal interest in the development of exports and organized the export of surplus production to European countries. On May 10, 1293, he instituted a maritime insurance fund for Portuguese traders living in the County of Flanders, which were to pay certain sums according to tonnage, accrued to them when necessary.
Portuguese pirates (7 P) S. Portuguese sailors (sport) (4 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Portuguese sailors" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
Bartolomeu Dias [a] (c. 1450 – 29 May 1500) was a Portuguese mariner and explorer. In 1488, he became the first European navigator to round the southern tip of Africa and to demonstrate that the most effective southward route for ships lies in the open ocean, well to the west of the African coast.
By 1462, the Portuguese had explored the coast of Africa as far as present-day Sierra Leone. Twenty-eight years later, Bartolomeu Dias proved that Africa could be circumnavigated when he reached the southern tip of the continent, now known as the Cape of Good Hope. In 1498, Vasco da Gama became the first European sailor to reach India by sea.
After decades of sailors trying to reach the Indies, with thousands of lives and dozens of vessels lost in shipwrecks and attacks, da Gama landed at Kozhikode on 20 May 1498. Unopposed access to the Indian spice routes boosted the economy of the Portuguese Empire, which was previously based along North and coastal West Africa. The main spices ...
The Portuguese Navy (Portuguese: Marinha Portuguesa), also known as the Portuguese War Navy ... sailors and pilots), ... occurred the famous Action of 14 October ...
Portuguese sailors (2 C, 4 P) S. Order of Saint James of the Sword (1 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Maritime history of Portugal" The following 172 pages are in this ...
Nationality Sailed for Name First voyage of exploration Last voyage of exploration Arctic [1] North Atlantic Indian Pacific South Atlantic Southern; Portuguese