Portuguese Viceroys Establish Overseas Trade Empire
At a glance:
- Series: Chronology of European History
- Categories: Government and Politics, Economics, Land Acquisition and Expansion, Territory Redistribution, Discovery, Exploration
- Subcategories: Colonialism, Colonies, Settlements, Trade, Commerce
- Curriculum: Renaissance History, African History, Asian History, Spanish/Portuguese History
- Geographical Location: Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Portugal
- Date: 1505-1515
Article abstract: Portuguese viceroys establish an overseas trade empire, forging economic, political, and cultural links between the West and East that eventually lead to European world domination.
Summary of Event
The decade between Bartholomeu Dias’ discovery of the Cape of Good Hope and Vasco da Gama’s voyage of 1497-1499, rounding the cape and making contact with India, was a time of preparation. John II of Portugal sent an exploratory party up the Congo River (then considered a branch of the Nile), and he sent Pedro de Covilhã, disguised as a...
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