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38 matches to Portuguese Guinea
Guinea-Bissau. 1446 Tristao discovers. 16-18C Slave source. 1879 Portuguese Guinea. 1974 Independent.
Portuguese Guinea. Guinea-Bissau.
African Colonization. 1840-1920. 15C Portuguese exploration. 1884-1920 Africa divided by European powers. 1950- anti-colonial mvmts.
Albuquerque, Afonso de. 1453-1515. Portuguese conquistador. Expanded empire.
Angola. Bantu. 1482 Cao discovers.1641-8 Dutch. 1575 Portuguese colony. 1975 Independent.
Australia. c28,000BC Australoids. 1606 Sighted by Portuguese. 1668 Dampier lands. 1770 Cook claims for England. 1788-1868 Penal colonies. 1901 Independent commonwealth.
Brazil. 1500 Cabral discovers. 1532 Portuguese colonize. 1808-22 Seat of Portugal monarchy. 1822 Independent monarchy. 1828 -Uruguay. 1891 Republic.
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett. 1806-61. English poet: Sonnets from the Portuguese 1848. Aurora Leigh 1857. Wife of Robert.
Cabral, Pedro. 1467-1520. Portuguese navigator. Discovered Brazil 1500.
Cabrillo, Juan. -1543. Portuguese explorer. Discovered California for Spain.
Camões, Luis de. c1524-80. Portuguese poet: Os Lusiadas, about Portugal’s explorations.
Carmona, António. 1869-1951. Portuguese president 1928-.
Diaz, Bartolomeu. c1450-1500. Portuguese. First to sail around the Cape of Good Hope in 1487/8.
Fatima. Portuguese site of pilgrimage since sighting of Virgin Mary by Santos1917.
Gama, Vasco da. c1460-1524. Portuguese explorer who rounded Cape of Good Hope 1488. Captured Calicot, India, 1503.
Henry the Navigator. 1394-1460. Portuguese prince. Sponsored African exploration. School of Navigation 1423.
Herculano, Alexandre. 1810-77. Portuguese Romantic poet.
Lisbon, Treaty. 1668. Spain recognizes Portuguese sovereignty.
Macao. 1557 Portuguese settle. 1849 Free port. 1887 Treaty confirms Portugal rule.
Magellan, Ferdinand. c1480-1521 Portuguese navigator. Died leading first circumnavigation of the world. Discovered Straits of Magellan 1520.
Manuel I. 1469-1521. Portuguese king 1495-. Overseas expansion and trade.
Methuen Treaty. 1703-1836. Reduced duty on port wine to England, textiles to Portugal. Hindered Portuguese industrial development.
Miguel, Dom. 1802-66. Pretender to Portuguese throne 1828- causes Civil War 1831-4.
Mozambique. 1489 DaGama discovers. 1498 Portuguese colony. 1975 Independent People’s Republic.
Peninsular War. 1808-14. British, Spanish, Portuguese under Wellington defeat French in Iberian Peninsula.