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[64] [65] The Portuguese empire pushed further south and proceeded to discover Timor in 1512. Jorge de Meneses discovered New Guinea in 1526, naming it the "Island of the Papua". [66] In 1517, João da Silveira commanded a fleet to Chittagong, [67] and by 1528, the Portuguese had established a settlement in Chittagong. [68]
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العربية; تۆرکجه; বাংলা; Беларуская (тарашкевіца) Bosanski; Cymraeg; Ελληνικά; Español; Esperanto; Euskara
Belgian colonial empire; British colonial empire; Danish colonial empire; Dutch colonial empire; French colonial empire; German colonial empire; List of former German colonies; Italian colonial empire; Portuguese colonial empire; Evolution of the Portuguese Empire; Russian colonial empire; Spanish colonial empire; Swedish colonial empire
The council was founded in 1582 by Philip I of Portugal following the model of the Council of Castile. [1] It provided Portugal with a large degree of autonomy from the House of Habsburg. [2] Apart from administering the Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves, the council administered Portugal's colonial empire.
As such, overseas possessions were a part of Portuguese identity. The first time that Portugal was a pluricontinental country was during the reign of Maria I of Portugal , with the creation of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves , when the Portuguese court was living in Brazil and Rio de Janeiro served as the capital for the ...
This is a list of territories of the Portuguese Empire (Portuguese: Império Português), that at various times were officially called "states" (estados): State of India (Estado da Índia) (1505–1961) [1] State of Brazil (Estado do Brasil) (1621–1815) [2] State of Maranhão (Estado do Maranhão) (1621–1751)
Portugal Colonial : revista de expansão e propaganda colonial (Portuguese for Colonial Portugal: Review on Colonial Expansion and Propaganda) was a magazine related to events in the colonies of the Portuguese Empire outside the Portuguese Main (which also included the Azores and Madeira). Publication began in March 1931 and finished in ...