Exploration Of Portugal

The three colonial empires of Portugal, Spain, and England were the most dominate in the fight for land in the Americas. While the motivations for these three colonial empires were similar and all of the Native Americans and/or Africans saw the Spanish Portuguese and English as one brutally similar people, economic differences between the three of them would ensure that their colonies would develop in dramatically unique ways.

European exploration had both positive and negative effects. The Old World and the New World both obtained new resources from each other like domestic animals and crops. Negatively, Native Americans became enslaved and disease killed most of them. The Old World and the New World were both greatly affected by this in positive and negative ways. The positive effect of European exploration was that each world got new resources, but the negative effect was that Native Americans became enslaved and most died from diseases.

Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca and his companions, Andres Dorantes, Alonzo del Castillo Maldonado, and Estevan were the sole survivors of a four hundred men expedition. The group of them went about the friendly Indian tribes preforming miracles of healing, with the power of Christianity. At one time five sick persons were brought into the camp, and the Indians insisted that Castillo should cure them. At sunset he pronounced a blessing over the sick, and all the Christians united in a prayer to God, asking him to restore the sick to health, and on the following morning there was not a sick person among them. De Vaca and his companions reached the Pacific coast where the Indians, showed signs of civilization, living in houses covered with straw, wearing cotton clothes and dressed skins, with belts and ornaments of stone, and cultivating their fields, but had been driven therefrom by the brutal Spanish soldiery and had taken refuge in the mountains, de Vaca and his comrades, being regarded as emissaries from the Almighty, exercised such power over these untutored savages that, at their bidding, the Indians returned to their deserted habitations, and began again to cultivate their fields, the assurance being given them by de Vaca and his companions that henceforth they would

During the exploration of the New World Portugal, France, and Spain had one thing in common to search for new resources such as sugar, spices, and gold. The European arrival in the Americas set a new era off known as the Columbian Exchange which changed the America’s forever. Native Americans introduced the Europeans to several new crops such as corn, squash, pumpkins, and sweet potatoes. Portugal set off for a search for sea route to Asia, while in competition with Spain who was also seeking an active root to Asia as well. The French exploration occurred later after the “New World” was found, and their target was to find a Northwest Passage where they hoped for a route through North America to the pacific.

New Portugal similar to the other sections, is decorated like the areas where the Portuguese explored. Additionally, we included colors of the Portuguese flag like green, red and yellow. This area will resemble Brazil which is the main place that Portuguese claimed. Overall, New Portugal is full of pioneers who played a huge role in exploration to the new world and around the world.

European exploration wasn’t only entirely based of one motivation in the 15th and 16th century. Although many voyages of discovery were started in search of wealth, religion was also a big reason for exploring other continents. Religion wasn’t the main motivation for European exploration in the 15th and 16th century. Instead, the main motivation was economic motives, which was closely followed by religion, and to a lesser extent was technological developments.

People that left their countries to sail to the new world did so for a variety of reasons. For instance, some landed there by mistake while in search for a shorter passage to Asia, while some came if only to escape their current situation in the country they originated from. Along with having reasons for sailing across the Atlantic, these people had reasons to remain there. For Portugal and Spain, these reasons were primarily to claim land, find riches, and to convert people to Christianity, all of which later leads to conflict between them and the Native Americans that lived there at the time. On the other hand, the Dutch weren’t as interested in matters regarding religion.

c) Lastly, I will discuss about the famous attractions in Portugal. II. From the historical and geographical background of Portugal, the people and society to the famous attractions in Portugal. A. Portugal, also officially known as Portuguese Republic is a part of the European continent. 1.

During the 15th through 16th centuries, The Portuguese and Spanish explorers were very attracted to valuable resources, new land, and trade routes. These motives encouraged them to seek out new explorations and search for items that would benefit their home countries. Common resources that both the Spanish and Portuguese sought out included silks, porcelain, spices, persian horses, silver, and gold (Chasteen, 2001). Although the Portuguese and Spanish explored and sought out new land for many of the same reasons, they also had some different causes for exploration which were often very specific to the needs and goals of Portugal and Spain.

Assess the Impact of European commercial activities in the Atlantic Islands and West Africa from 1415 to 1600.

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On the other side he discovered a vast body of water that he named "South

Spanish and English had similar motivations for exploration of the New World, such as gaining land, goods from the natives, and gold. However, their motivations also differ greatly. The Spanish conquistadors also gained slaves from the native people, as well as spreading the word of Christianity. The English settlers came to the New World to get away from the religious oppression in England and to practice religion freely, and to grow tobacco to send back to England. The Spanish gained much more land quickly because, upon landing in places like the Caribbean and Brazil, because of their conquering and enslaving of the natives. The English came to the New World much less prepared,

Portugal is a country familiar to most. A large country with a beautiful aroma. One sixth of the Iberian peninsula is covered by Portugal. On the northern shore of the Tangas river, Lisbon is found. Lisbon is the capital of Portugal. Portugal life is split due to the geography. In the heart of Portugal, high and desolate mountain plateaus are present as well as low coastal areas. The mainland of emigrants is present in the north western part of Portugal which is covered in mostly lush, green grass, causing it to be densely populated. More mountainous, the north east is less populated. It is split into the southern warmer region and the northern colder region.

The Portuguese culture, which I had already grown up with in the U.S., was a main part of the trip in and of itself. The magnificent architecture that I saw there, even though it was decaying with time, was very symbolic of the Portuguese heritage. For example, on many red clay terracotta roof tops there resided cupolas, and on those cupolas was the famed Gallo do Barcelos (English equivalent – Rooster of Barcelos), which