The Portuguese Empire included, at one time or another:
The Americas: Brazil, part of what is now Suriname, and part of Uruguay.
Africa: Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde, Sao Tome and Principe, Ceuta (now administered by Spain, but Morocco claims the territory.)
Asia: A number of settlements on the coasts of modern-day India and Pakistan; Sri Lanka, the Maldives, parts of Thailand and Indonesia, and the island of Timor, which is now split between Timor-Leste and Indonesia, as well as Macau, in southern China.
Macau was the last territory given up from the Portuguese empire, in 1995.
no...Angola and Portugal are two different countries. Portugal is in Europe and Angola in Africa
New Zealand
No. Nigeria was a former British colony.
Portugal became one of the richest countries in the western world because of the many countries that they were able to colonize during the prehistoric times. They would get raw materials for their industries from their colonies and use them to develop their country. Portugal is also a peaceful country that would harbor rich immigrants.
The Austrian Empire, the Prussian Empire, Poland, and the Northern Italian principalities call refrained from colonizing territories in the Americas. In fact, the European countries that did colonize only included: UK, France, Spain, Portugal, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Russia.
no...Angola and Portugal are two different countries. Portugal is in Europe and Angola in Africa
libya and somalia
Holland colonized...I'm not sure actually
Spain, France and Portugal
New Zealand
No, Portugal colonized some African countries and some Asian lands as well.
Some European countries that explored America include Spain, Portugal, England, France, and the Netherlands. These countries sent explorers in the 15th and 16th centuries to discover and colonize various regions of the Americas.
Spain and Portugal.
No. Nigeria was a former British colony.
Portugal.
It was colonized by Portugal, and gained independence in 1975.
As a Christian country, Portugal wanted to avoid land routes controlled by Muslims.