Africa
The Portuguese has many reasons for exploring West Africa in the 1400s. They wanted to know to what extent Muslim territories extended into Africa itself. They also wished to trade with West Africa directly through sea ports. Their hopes were also to find allies in the area and to see if it was a possibility to reach the Indies so that they could trade spices.
Portuguese exploration of West Africa in the 1400s led to the establishment of trade routes and the early transatlantic slave trade, as they sought valuable resources like gold and ivory. This exploration also facilitated the spread of European influence in the region, including the introduction of Christianity. Additionally, it marked the beginning of European colonization and exploitation of African territories, setting the stage for significant socio-economic changes in both Africa and Europe.
Africa
Portugal began to establish trading posts in Africa in the early 1400s.
In the 1400s, Chinese explorers sailed along the eastern coast of Africa, while Portuguese explorers sailed along the western coast of Africa. The Chinese explorer Zheng He led expeditions to East Africa, while Portuguese explorers such as Bartolomeu Dias and Vasco da Gama reached the southern tip of Africa and eventually sailed to India.
Africa
In the late 1400s.
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They traded directly with the coastal people of West Africa.
They traded directly with the coastal people of West Africa.
They traded directly with the coastal people of West Africa.
Spanish and Portuguese Christians united in the 1400s to spread protestant Christianity around the world.
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The Portuguese has many reasons for exploring West Africa in the 1400s. They wanted to know to what extent Muslim territories extended into Africa itself. They also wished to trade with West Africa directly through sea ports. Their hopes were also to find allies in the area and to see if it was a possibility to reach the Indies so that they could trade spices.
Bartolomeu Dias. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 led the first expedition to sail around the southern tip of Africa from the Atlantic and sight the Indian Ocean.