Pedro Álvares Cabral: Discoverer Of Brazil

Portugal is known for initiating the Age of Discovery. They played an important role in exploration. Many new lands were discovered, boosting trade, power, and wealth, during the Age of Discovery. Early exploration began in the late 1300s and early 1400s under Prince Henry, aka the Navigator. One key factor that led to Portugal's power was Ceuta, a major port city in north Africa, that controlled ships entering and exiting the Mediterranean Sea. King John I, Henry's father, conquered the city after

What could be better?! New Portugal 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. The first attraction located in New Portugal is a drop tower called “God, Gold

Jonathan Timothy Su Professor Patricio Navia Latin American Cultures, Sect. 001 20 October 2014 Latin American Cultures Midterm Section 1 – Question 1 Throughout the pre-Columbus era in Latin America, The Mayas, Aztecs, and Incas built unique civilizations, each with its own distinctive achievements, creating distinctive cultures to unite their individual societies. The Mayas, Aztecs, and Incas not only shared many similarities in the ways they built their civilizations, but also had differing

EUROPE'S SECOND LOGISTIC Population and levels of living what sort of people these Europeans were, and what inspired that curious combination of adventurous spirit, pious sentiment, and brutal behavior that characterized the explorers and conqueror?. After a century of decline and stagnation Europe's population began to grow. In the middle of 15 th century the population of Europe as whole was 45-50 million, it's about 2/3 less than it was before the plague. By the middle of 17 th century the population