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  2. Portuguese colonization of the Americas - Wikipedia

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    In 1506, King Manuel I of Portugal created taxes for the cod fisheries in Newfoundland waters. [citation needed] João Álvares Fagundes and Pero de Barcelos established fishing outposts in Newfoundland and Nova Scotia around 1521. These were later abandoned, however, when Portuguese colonizers began to focus their efforts mainly on South America.

  3. Timeline of the European colonization of North America

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    986: Norsemen settle Greenland and Bjarni Herjólfsson sights coast of North America, but doesn't land (see also Norse colonization of the Americas). c. 1000: Norse settle briefly in L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland. [4] c. 1450: Norse colony in Greenland dies out.

  4. European colonization of the Americas - Wikipedia

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    Spanish claims essentially included all of the Americas; however, the Treaty of Tordesillas granted the eastern tip of South America to Portugal, where it established Brazil in the early 1500s, and the East Indies to Spain, where It established the Philippines.

  5. List of land borders with dates of establishment - Wikipedia

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    1820 Liga Federal is dissolved and the United Provinces of South America annexes the western provinces, creating today's border; 1821 The remainder of Liga Federal is annexed by the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves; 1825 Uruguay declares independence; 1828 Uruguayan independence is recognized

  6. Portuguese America - Wikipedia

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    Portuguese America [1] [2] (Portuguese: América Portuguesa), sometimes called América Lusófona or Lusophone America in the English language, in contrast to Anglo-America, French America, or Hispanic America, is the Portuguese-speaking community of people and their diaspora, notably those tracing back origins to Brazil and the early Portuguese colonization of the Americas.

  7. Timeline of Portuguese history - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. Portuguese Empire - Wikipedia

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    The Portuguese Empire [a] was a colonial empire that existed between 1415 and 1999. In conjunction with the Spanish Empire, it ushered in the European Age of Discovery.It achieved a global scale, controlling vast portions of the Americas, Africa and various islands in Asia and Oceania.

  9. History of Portugal (1415–1578) - Wikipedia

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    1494 — The Treaty of Tordesillas between Portugal and Spain divided the world into two parts, Spain claiming all non-Christian lands west of a north–south line 370 leagues west of the Azores, Portugal claiming all non-Christian lands east of that line. 1495 — Voyage of João Fernandes, the Farmer, and Pedro Barcelos to Greenland.