Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The original Pink Map (1886) The Pink Map (Portuguese: Mapa cor-de-rosa), also known as the Rose-Coloured Map, [1] was a map prepared in 1885 to represent the Kingdom of Portugal's claim of sovereignty over a land corridor connecting the Portuguese colonies of Angola and Mozambique during the Scramble for Africa.
In Portugal, as in the rest of Europe, the printing press played a key role in its Renaissance. The first printing presses came to Portugal by the hand of Jewish printers via Italy. [ 17 ] The first book printed in Portuguese in Portugal was the Sacramental, printed in Chaves , in 1488, by Clemente Sanches de Vercial.
1622 - Printing press in operation. [5] 1628 - Tax revolt. [2] 1661 - Tax revolt. [2] 1692 - Igreja da Venerável Ordem Terceira de São Francisco (church) construction begins. 1703 - Methuen Treaty on wines taxes facilitated export of port wine. [2] 1734 - Episcopal Palace construction begins. [1] 1750s - Clérigos Church built. [1]
Year Date Event 80 to 72 BC: The Sertorian War takes place, with Quintus Sertorius, a Roman general, rebelling against Rome with the support of the Lusitanians.: 27 BC: Augustus replaces the old Hispania Ulterior and Citerior division with a new one: Lusitania (Centre and South of modern Portugal and some territory of Modern Spain, namely the capital of Lusitania, Mérida), Baetica (only ...
Map of continental Portugal. Continental Portugal (Portuguese: Portugal continental, IPA: [puɾtuˈɣal kõtinẽˈtal]) or mainland Portugal comprises the bulk of the Portuguese Republic, namely that part on the Iberian Peninsula and so in continental Europe, having approximately 95% of the total population and 96.6% of the country's land.
Joaquim Antonio de Macedo (1874), "The Press", Guide to Lisbon and its Environs, London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co. British Museum (1885), "Lisbon", Periodical Publications, Catalogue of Printed Books, London {}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher "Portugal: Directory: the Press". Europa World Year Book 2004. Europa Publications. 2004
Mass media in Portugal includes a variety of online, print, and broadcast formats, such as radio, television, newspapers, and magazines. During most of the 20th century, the Portuguese government censored the media until the " 1976 constitution guaranteed freedom of the press."
A History of Portugal and the Portuguese Empire: From Beginnings to 1807, volume 1, Cambridge University Press. Henriques, António Castro (2003). Conquista do Algarve - 1189-1249 - O Segundo Reino Tribuna da História. Herculano, Alexandre, (1846). História de Portugal, volume I, Bertrand. Heculano, Alexandre, (2014).