Lisbon Strategy

the need of connecting the Portuguese colonies, Angola, Mozambique to Portugal. In 1946, after acquiring the two aircrafts TAP Portugal could then launch two routes. The first commercial Lisbon-Madrid service began on 19 September 1946, while on 31 December, the “Imperial Airline” was launched, flying between Lisbon, Luanda [Angola], and Lourenço Marques [Mozambique], a return journey of 24,540 kilometers that took a total of 15 days and included 12 stopovers. (Tap’s History, 2016) This was the beginning

The author of this traveler account is Vasco da Gama himself. He was born about 1460 in Portugal and was a famous navigator for the King of Portugal. Da Gama starts off his journal by describing his voyage to the Bay of St. Helena in 1497, also describing himself as the “Captain-Major” in third person. Da Gama had anchored in the bay for eight days to clean their ships and took captive on of the natives, feeding him and dressing him well, he was returned to land and that helped da Gama gain entry

Vasco da Gama's revolutionary sea expedition to India is one of the most crucial moments in the entire history of exploration. Till the middle of 15th century, Portugal was the foremost seafaring country in Europe. King Manuel I: the ruler of Portugal hired about four ships for the voyage around Africa to the legendary land of India. King Manuel I knew that India was a huge cradle of variety of spices, which were extremely rare to see in other places and moreover they were pretty expensive in Europe

Voltaire’s Candide portrays an exaggerated image of human cruelty and suffering in the world. Specifically, Voltaire criticizes people’s lack of willingness to prevent suffering, and their tendency to accept the idea that there is nothing anyone can do about human outcomes. He upholds his belief that practical ways of solving problems generate improvement. He believes that human indifference and inaction cause suffering to carry on. Voltaire’s believes that naïve optimism, absolute pessimism, cruel

Portugal to India. Making Portugal a dominate power in politics, trade and colonization, Vasco da Gama finished what Bartolomeu Dias started, and valiantly accomplished what Christopher Columbus could not. Beginning his life in southern Portugal, near Lisbon, Vasco da Gama was captivated by

Vasco Da Gama Dear Museum Explorers Board, I’m am going to explain to you today, why I think Vasco Da Gama is a villain and why I think he should be in your exhibit. As you may already know, he found a direct sea route from Europe to Asia and was the first European to sail to India by going around Africa. His discovery of the route to India around Africa allowed the Portuguese to create a colonial empire in Asia. It also meant that sailors would not have to cross the Mediterranean or Arabia, which

Candide was raised in Westphalia, in the Barony of Thunder-ten-tronckh. He studied under Professor Pangloss, who taught him that we live in the “best of all possible worlds.” In the beginning, Cunégonde, the Baron’s daughter, witnessed Pangloss having sex with her mother’s chambermaid. Captivated, she sought to do the same with Candide. Unfortunately, they were discovered, which caused Candide to be kicked out of the castle. The ejection from the castle could symbolize the Biblical Fall. Like Eve

Many classic books of literature of the French Enlightenment era comes from the famous author Francois-Marie Arouet, better known as his pen name, Voltaire.The French author was born on November 21st, 1694 and died May 30th, 1778 in the city of Paris. He started school at the Jesuit College of Louis-le-Grand at the age of 10 and graduated in 1711 with a motive of being a writer. However, Voltaire’s father did not agree with his choice of study and wanted Voltaire to study law. He went back to school

Vasco da Gama once said “I am not afraid of the darkness. Real death is preferable to a life without living.” Vasco da Gama might have been one of the great European explorers of his time. To start off, Vasco Da Gama was born in 1460, the son of a lower class nobleman. He had 5 siblings in all, 1 sister and 4 brothers. Da Gama’s mother was Isabel Sodré, and his dad was Estêvão da Gama. Not much is known about da Gama’s early life, but he would go on to marry Catarina de Ataíde and have three

Vasco da Gama During the 15th century, venturing into the sea was treacherous. The uncharted waters contained violent storms, hideous sea monsters with thirteen arms, and most importantly, the crew could die from scurvy. However, due to Vasco da Gama’s raw courage and undaunted personality, the Portugal's long awaited journey trade route to India was accomplished as well as the spread of Christianity. Although the exact date was unknown, Vasco da Gama was welcomed into the world in around 1460