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  2. File:Map of Europe, its countries, and neighbors.png

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  3. Cantino planisphere - Wikipedia

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    The Cantino planisphere or Cantino world map is a manuscript Portuguese world map preserved at the Biblioteca Estense in Modena, Italy. It is named after Alberto Cantino , an agent for the Duke of Ferrara , who successfully smuggled it from Portugal to Italy in 1502.

  4. Wikipedia:Blank maps - Wikipedia

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    Image:BlankEurope.png – A large map of Europe. 1236x1245px 44.18 KB. Image:BlankMap-Europe.png – Europe as far east as western Russia , western Turkey , and Cyprus . Some of the world's smallest states (e.g., Monaco , Vatican City ) appear as single pixels.

  5. Waldseemüller map - Wikipedia

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    Waldseemüller drew upon the 1506 world map of Nicolaus de Caverio, where an inscription off the coast of vera cruz (America/Brazil) says: "The land called Vera Cruz was found by Pedro Álvares Cabral, a gentleman of the household of the King of Portugal. He discovered it as commander of a fleet of 14 ships that that King sent to Calicut, and ...

  6. Portuguese Renaissance - Wikipedia

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    The Portuguese Renaissance refers to the cultural and artistic movement in Portugal during the 15th and 16th centuries. Though the movement coincided with the Spanish and Italian Renaissances, the Portuguese Renaissance was largely separate from other European Renaissances and instead was extremely important in opening Europe to the unknown and bringing a more worldly view to those European ...

  7. Brazil - Wikipedia

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    The architecture of Brazil is influenced by Europe, especially Portugal. It has a history that goes back 500 years to the time, when Pedro Álvares Cabral landed in Brazil in 1500. Portuguese colonial architecture was the first wave of architecture to go to Brazil. [456] It is the basis for all Brazilian architecture of later centuries. [457]

  8. File:Map of Europe and neighbors.svg - Wikipedia

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  9. Algarve - Wikipedia

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    Prior to the independence of Brazil, "United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and the Algarves" (1815–1822) was an official designation for Portugal which also alluded to the Algarve. After the independence of Brazil in 1822, Portuguese monarchs continued to use the title of "King of Portugal and the Algarves" until the proclamation of the First ...