Portuguese Exploration in the Age of Discovery
25 entries in the Portuguese Exploration in the Age of Discovery compendium.
Portuguese nautical sciencePortuguese nautical science evolved from expedition experience, advancing navigation and cartography.Afonso V of PortugalKing of Portugal who conquered Moroccan cities and claimed Castile.Beyond CapricornBook arguing Portuguese discovered Australia before Cook.Cantino planisphereSmuggled Portuguese world map of 1502 showing early discoveries.Fernão Lopes de CastanhedaPortuguese historian whose work on India was widely translated across Europe.Gaspar da GamaInterpreter and guide for Portuguese fleets in the Age of Discovery.Hermitage of Our Lady of GuadalupeMedieval chapel linked to Prince Henry the Navigator.Japan voyagePortuguese monopoly trade route from Goa to Japan, 1550–1639.John II of PortugalPortuguese king who restored monarchy and advanced African exploration.Manuel I of PortugalKing of Portugal during the height of its maritime expansion.Bartolomeo MarchionniFlorentine merchant who financed voyages to India and Brazil.Monument of the DiscoveriesMonument on the Tagus celebrating Portuguese Age of Discovery.Nanban tradeEuropean trade and cultural exchange with Japan, 1543–1614.The Old Man of ResteloFictional character in Camões's epic who warns against overseas expansion.PadrãoStone pillars left by Portuguese explorers to claim landfalls.Padrão RealOfficial secret Portuguese master map of the Age of Exploration.Portuguese Chapel, MalindiFirst Christian church in East Africa, built c.1502.Portuguese discovery of the sea route to IndiaFirst sea voyage from Europe to India via the Cape of Good Hope.Portuguese expedition to the MoluccasPortuguese voyage to reach the Spice Islands directly.Portuguese raids in SenegambiaMid-15th century Portuguese expeditions along the Senegambian coast.Spice tradeAncient network linking Asia, Africa and Europe through spice exchange.Theory of the Portuguese discovery of AustraliaTheory that Portuguese reached Australia before 1606, based on Dieppe maps.Torrid zoneAncient belief in an uninhabitable equatorial zone, later disproved.Vasco da Gama Pillar, MalindiThe only surviving Portuguese padrão in its original African settlement.Volta do marNavigational technique using the North Atlantic Gyre for return voyages.
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