The Portuguese journey around Africa was generally more effective for trade and establishing a direct route to Asia. This route allowed Portugal to create a network of trading posts along the African coast and ultimately reach India and the Spice Islands, securing valuable trade in spices and other goods. In contrast, while the Spanish journey west led to the discovery of the Americas, it resulted in a less direct and more complicated trade relationship with Asia. The Portuguese approach was more strategically advantageous for establishing a trade empire.
The Portuguese focused on establishing trade routes to Asia, while the Spanish focused on colonizing the Americas. The Portuguese reached India by sailing around Africa, while the Spanish reached the Americas by sailing west across the Atlantic.
Spanish and Portuguese Christians united in the 1400s to spread protestant Christianity around the world.
Africa
No single country controlled it but the Portuguese were the first to make it around the Africa. So they had "control" for a while but the Dutch, British, and Spanish all Tried to get into it with the Dutch being the most successful.
They traveled around Africa and toward Inda.
Vasca da Gama was Portuguese, I believe, and was the first European to sail around the tip of Africa.
They traveled around Africa and toward Inda.
Gender: Masculine Usage: Spanish, Portuguese, Italian Pronounced: BAHS-ko (Spanish) [key] From the medieval Spanish name Velasco, which came from the Spanish surname Velázquez, which possibly meant "crow" in Basque. A famous bearer was the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama, the first person to sail from Europe around Africa to India.
Bartolomeu Dias, a Portuguese explorer, was sponsored by Portugal when he embarked on his journey to find a sea route to India by sailing around the southern tip of Africa.
The Portugese went around Africa, where the Spanish hired Columbus, whose brilliant idea was to sail straight across the Atlantic, where they ran into America.
Spanish is spoken by more people worldwide than Portuguese. Spanish is the second most spoken language in the world, with around 460 million speakers, while Portuguese is spoken by around 220 million people.
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.