Comments on: Map of all territories of the Portuguese Empire (1419-1999) https://vividmaps.com/portuguese-empire/ Maps that explain the World Thu, 09 Dec 2021 16:21:42 +0000 hourly 1 By: Alex E https://vividmaps.com/portuguese-empire/#comment-1897 Fri, 12 Jul 2019 09:30:34 +0000 https://vividmaps.com/?p=18661#comment-1897 In reply to Alex E.

But Madeira explains why Portugal, the first European power to explore the southern coast of Africa and to go around the Cape of Good Hope, failed to become a world power….And why Brazil, despite its immense mineral wealth and fertile soils, would still be a relatively poor country… Feudalism and suppression of personal freedoms.The favoring of the plantation economy. Catholicism, the state religion.

]]> By: Alex E https://vividmaps.com/portuguese-empire/#comment-1871 Fri, 12 Jul 2019 09:29:18 +0000 https://vividmaps.com/?p=18661#comment-1871 In 1443, the Portuguese discovered the uninhabited island of Madeira.It would take about 100 years before a permanent colony could be established. My ancestors, refugees from wars in the Spanish Netherlands and having little choice, were the only ones who were willing to go

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