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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.
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 .
European oceanic exploration started with the maritime expeditions of Portugal to the Canary Islands in 1336, [2] [3] and later with the Portuguese discoveries of the Atlantic archipelagos of Madeira and Azores, the coast of West Africa in 1434, and the establishment of the sea route to India in 1498 by Vasco da Gama, which initiated the ...
The Portuguese colonies in Africa started a period of great economic development fuelled by ambitious Chartered Companies and a new wave of colonization. Today, the decline of the Portuguese economy is still traceable via anthropometric indicators, [dubious – discuss] i.e. height. To this day, the Portuguese are the shortest Europeans. This ...
Notable people and events related directly to Portugal's main activities in the Age of Discovery, primarily its maritime explorations. Portugal ( Portuguese Empire ) was one of the important players and contributors in the Age of Discovery (1415 to 1542, also known as Age of Exploration ).
The vastness and diversity of the Portuguese Empire was a key factor behind the Portuguese Renaissance. Diplomats, merchants, students, humanists, scholars, and artists, from all over Europe, were drawn to Portugal during its Renaissance. The maritime trade of the Age of Discovery played a decisive role in the evolution of the Portuguese ...
Chartered in 1317 by King Dinis of Portugal, it is the oldest continuously serving navy in the world; in 2017, the Portuguese Navy commemorated the 700th anniversary of its official creation. The navy played a key role in Portuguese maritime exploration during the Age of Discovery in the 15th and 16th centuries.
A number of armed engagements between the Egyptian Mamluk Sultanate and the Portuguese Empire in the Indian Ocean took place during the early part of the 16th century. The conflicts came following the expansion of the Portuguese after sailing around the Cape of Good Hope in 1498, from 1505 to the fall of the Mamluk Sultanate in 1517.