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2. Portuguese maritime exploration - Wikipedia

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   1147—Voyage of the Adventurers. Just before the siege of Lisbon by Afonso I of Portugal, a Muslim expedition left in search of legendary islands offshore. They were never heard from again. [44] 1336—Possibly the first expedition to the Canary Islands with additional expeditions in 1340 and 1341, though this is disputed. [45]

3. 1890 British Ultimatum - Wikipedia

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   The Pink Map: areas in Africa claimed by Portugal before the Ultimatum.. The 1890 British Ultimatum was an ultimatum by the British government delivered on 11 January 1890 to the Kingdom of Portugal.

4. Portuguese Way - Wikipedia

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   Arrival of Queen Elizabeth of Portugal in Santiago de Compostela, after finishing the Portuguese Way around 1325, after the death of her husband, Denis of Portugal.. From Lisbon, the starting point is Lisbon Cathedral, passing the Thermal Hospital of Caldas da Rainha (1485) and heading to the Alcobaça Monastery (1252), which was an albergue (hostel) for medieval pilgrims who could only stay ...

5. List of World Heritage Sites in Portugal - Wikipedia

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   In addition, the expedition discovered the Strait of Magellan for the West and represented the first European crossing of the Pacific Ocean. Sites along the route are in present-day Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil, Cape Verde, Chile, Indonesia, Philippines, Portugal, and Spain. [26] Vila Viçosa, Renaissance ducal town Évora District: 2017 ii, iv ...

6. Bartolomeu Dias - Wikipedia

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   Bartolomeu Dias was born around 1450 in the Faro District of Portugal. His family had a maritime background, and one of his ancestors, Dinis Dias, explored the African coast in the 1440s and discovered the Cap-Vert peninsula in today's Senegal in 1445.

7. Voyages of Christopher Columbus - Wikipedia

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   By about 1481, Florentine cosmographer Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli sent Columbus a map depicting such a route, with no intermediary landmass other than the mythical island of Antillia. [8] In 1484 on the island of La Gomera in the Canaries , then undergoing conquest by Castile , Columbus heard from some inhabitants of El Hierro that there was ...