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Where were most slaves taken from Africa sent?
The vast majority of slave from Africa never left Africa, as the African slave trade existed for perhaps a thousand years before the Portuguese got involved. Other than Africa, most exported slave went to Brazil and the Caribbean islands, via the Portuguese slave trade.
What Portuguese explorer rounded the southern tip of Africa and reached the Indian port of Calicut in 1498?
The answer before said yesss. Let me clarify that Francisco Pizarro was the explorer who brought down the Inca empire. I get confused between Bartholomeu Diaz and Vasco da Gama, but your question helps. In 1498, Vasco da Gama rounded the southern tip of Africa.
What does the Portuguese word Xiao or Xiau mean in English when used before e bejinhos or and kisses?
It means bye, it's the Portuguese way of spelling ciao.
How did Portuguese efforts to reach Asia differ from Columbus's efforts?
Portugal discovered it was possible to sail around Africa (a fact that no one really knew it was possible in Europe) in 1488, 4 years before Columbus ridiculously proposed it was faster to go to the west.
What money did they use in Portugal?
Portuguese escudos was the currency before Euros.
Did portuguese traders introduce the concept of slavery to Africa?
No, slavery existed in Africa before Portuguese traders arrived. However, the transatlantic slave trade expanded the scale and brutality of slavery in Africa.
How Was America affected by trade And commerce before Columbus?
It wasn't affected before 1492. The millions of Native Americans lived in North America and conducted their lives according to their traditions.
What countries influenced Africa?
Britain, France, Portuguese and Italy before independence. After independence include USA, China, Brazil and India
Where in the world where dodos before they where extinct?
They lived mainly around Africa and that part of the word. Flocks were found in Madagascar by a group of Portuguese. :)
Where were chimpanzies found before in the past?
Portuguese Jesuits and Afro-Portuguese merchants mentioned seeing chimps in Sierra Leone in western Africa as far back as the 16th-century. Archaeologists have found evidence of chimps in the Ivory Coast in western Africa as far back as 2350 BCE.
Where did the Portuguese first settled at?
The Portuguese first settled in Madeira and the Azores Islands off the coast of Portugal before expanding their settlements to areas along the coasts of Africa, Asia, and later Brazil in South America.
What country was once a Portuguese colony?
Former Portuguese colonies are found among the countries of Africa, America, and Asia. In Africa, the former Portuguese colonies include Angola, Cape Verde Islands, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, and Sao Tome and Principe. In the Americas, the South American country of Brazil is a former Portuguese colony. And in Asia, the Portuguese colonized parts of China, India, and Indonesia. For Daman, Diu, and Goa were organized as Portuguese India. And the Portuguese settled on the part of the Indonesian island that now is called East Timor, and in Macau on the Chinese mainland.
Where were most slaves taken from Africa sent?
The vast majority of slave from Africa never left Africa, as the African slave trade existed for perhaps a thousand years before the Portuguese got involved. Other than Africa, most exported slave went to Brazil and the Caribbean islands, via the Portuguese slave trade.
Why did the Protuguese came to Guyana?
The portuguese first came to Guyana to fill the labor gap left after the abolotion of slavery, but they soon branched into commerce and business and became one of the most powerful economic groups in British Guiana (before independence).
How you say yesterday in Portuguese?
Yesterday = Ontem - The day before yesterday = Anteontem
How do you address Mr Mrs in Portuguese language?
Mrs in Portuguese is "Dona".Dona (Portuguese)na Portuguese title of address equivalent to Mrsor Madam: placed before a name to indicate respect
What as the largest Portuguese speaking colony in the world?
Before independence Brazil was the largest speaking Portuguese colony in the world.
