• Home
  • Health
    • Anatomy and Physiology
    • Common Ailments
    • Complementary Medicine
    • Foods
    • For Seniors
    • Herbs
    • Microbes
    • Nutrients
    • Nutrition
    • Therapeutic Essential Oils
  • Science
    • Ancient Astronomy
    • Botany
    • Chemistry
    • Earth Sciences
    • Ecology
    • Mathematics
    • Zoology
  • Society
    • Business
    • Education
    • Government
  • Culture
    • Arts
    • Literature
    • Religion
    • Travel
  • Our Books
  • Contact Us


Home › Culture › Travel › Explorers › Portuguese

Portuguese

Antonio de Abreu (????-????)

  • Led an expedition from Malaya to Sumatra, Java, and the Moluccas (1511)

Alfonso de Albuquerque (1453-1515)

  • Traveled around soutern Africa, up the east coast, past Arabia to the Persian Gulf, to Goa, then to the Strait of Malacca, as far as Malaya (1507-1511)

Pedro Alvarez Cabral (1460-1526)

  • Reached Brazil and claimed it for Portugal (1500)
  • Negotiated the first Indo-Portuguese treaties for trade (1501)

Diogo Cão (c1450-1486)

  • Sailed down the Africa coast, explored along the Congo River, and went as far south as Cape St. Mary, Angola (1482)
  • Sailed as far south as Namibia (21° 51′ S.), and stopped at the mouth of the Congo River on the return trip (1485)

Pero da Covilhã (????-????)

  • Sailed from Aden to the Malibar coast of India, then down the east coast of Africa, and back to Arabia (1487-1490)





Bartolomeu Diaz (c1450-c1500)

  • First European to reach Cape of Good Hope and to establish a route around Africa (1488)

Vasco da Gama (c1469-c1524)

  • Discovered a route to India via Cape of Good Hope (1495-1499)

Diego Gomez (1440-1482)

  • Discovered the coast of Liberia (1458)

Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521)

  • Sailed around Cape Horn and across the Pacific to the Philippines, where he was killed (1519-1521)
  • Balance of the trip completed by his crew under Juan del Cano (1521-1522)

Henry the Navigator (1394-1460)

  • With his navigators, explored and colonized Madeira, Cape Verde Islands, and the Azores

João Rodrigues Cabrilho (????-1543)

  • Explored the coast of California (1542)




Search


Follow Us

Innvista

Google Translate

Nature’s Pharmacy





Copyright 2020 | All rights reserved | Innvista.com