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Why was Portugal one of the first European countries to begin exploration?
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∙ 8y ago
Lisbon is located at 37 degrees North, 8 degrees West. The following explorers started their voyages here:
1. Bartolomeu Dias
2. Vasco da Gama
3. Pedro Alvares Cabral
4. Amerigo Vespucci
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 14y agoIn the 1400's they knew the Earth was round, and that you could only sail a ship so far (about 3000 miles) before you ran out of water, food; so they circumnavigated the planet in 2000 mile jumps headed for China/ Japan.
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∙ 12y agoThe most important Portuguese explorations of the 1400s were on the coast of Africa, from there across the coast of South Asia to India, and across the Atlantic Ocean to Brazil.
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∙ 8y agoBecause of the renaissance and Marco polos book
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∙ 12y agoAlong the African coastline.
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What advantage did Portugal have that let it begin exploration before other European nations?
Its Atlantic ports were not under the control of the Moors.
What process did Columbus and his followers begin?
the process of modern exploration and european colonization of the americans
When did the first European trade settlements begin to appear in Africa?
Portugal began to establish trading posts in Africa in the early 1400s.
When did overseas exploration begin?
because •In some cases some countries were getting over populated and in other cases there were theories in which explorers wanted to prove that they were true.
What two European nations were the first to begin overseas exploration?
In the ancient times the first who explored the world and colonized were the Greeks In the Renaissance the first nation was Spain [1492 - Christopher Columbus], Portugal [1521 - Ferdinand Mangellan] followed by the Duch, the British and the French.
What advantage did Portugal have that let it begin exploration before other European nations?
Its Atlantic ports were not under the control of the Moors.
When did European exploration begin?
1350-1600
What country did European Exploration begin?
germany
When did the exploration era in Spain begin and end?
It started in the 1600's with Portugal and Spain as the leaders of exploration
Which European country and its capital city both begin with the letter P?
There are only two European countries which start with the letter 'P' and they are Poland and Portugal. However neither of their capital cities (Warsaw and Lisbon) begin with the letter 'P.'
2 European countries countries that start with a?
All European countries that begin with A: Albania Andorra Armenia Azerbaijan
What European countries begin with H?
· Hungary
When did the European exploration begin?
Some time during the Stone Age
What process did Columbus and his followers begin?
the process of modern exploration and european colonization of the americans
What happen as result of European exploration of east coast of north America?
What happened as a result of European exploration of north America's east coast? it lead Europeans to begin colonies on the coast.
European countries that begin with a?
Albania, Andorra and Austria.
What European Union countries begin with L?
Two countries beginning with the letter L are members of the European Union. The countries are Lithuania and Luxembourg.
