If your talking about it's actual territory now! Then it has taken half of "Leon" which was Another Country that used to exist in Europe, Madeira (some islands that were inhabitted by humans, "founders keepers"), Atlantis (Today called Azores, also it was inhabitted). If your talking about what it has taken in total in the past as well like its colonies that is:
*Brazil
*Angola
*Mozanbique
*São Tomé e Príncipe (no translation in English but it literally means "Saint Thomas and Prince")
*East-Timor
*Macau (a separate state from China today)
*Goa (A little part of India)
And many other parts like islands or small areas that today belong to other countries.
no...Angola and Portugal are two different countries. Portugal is in Europe and Angola in Africa
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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
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Spain, France and Portugal
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.
No. Nigeria was a former British colony.
Portugal.
It was colonized by Portugal, and gained independence in 1975.
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.
Spain and Portugal were assigned colonial rights by the Treaty of Tordesillas, which gave Spain the Caribbean and North America, but allowed Portugal to colonize Brazil farther to the east.
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.
Portugal was the colonial ruler of Brazil when Brazil was a colony of Portugal.
Colonizers tended to underestimate the importance of their technology in enabling them to colonize other countries.