What are some inventions made by the Portuguese?

Answer 1

Some examples:

• Portuguese man of war,
• caravel,
• triangular flags (portuguese caravel flag),
• astrolabe,
• sausages (like farinheira and alheira),
• a lot of dishes (fish and stews),
• brought tea to europe,
• the literary concept of heteronym , invented by Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa,
• the sea way around Africa to India, China and Japan,
• the transatlantic slave trade,
• a lot of Musical Instruments (like rebeca, alaude, Bagpipes, portuguese guitar, etc),
• first country in the world to Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) in XVIII century,
• one minute of silence to pay tribute when somebody important dies, etc...
• Port Wine. The name is from one Portugal's cities Oporto

• the lobotomy was invented by a Portuguese doctor

• A Portuguese priest was the pioneer of solar panels

• many nautical navigation techniques and tools