Age of Discovery

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== Portugal =='

Technology

• Cod fishing
  • salt
    • as balast
    • as preservative for the cod
  • lanteen sails
    • lanteen dervivced from Latin for Roman style triangle sails << to confirm
      • which were serviced from Arab/ Indian Ocean sails << to confirm

King Manuel I

>> "The Fortunate" also "The Grocer King" << to source

Vasco de Gama

Portugal sources:

• • Portuguese Discovery of the Sea Route to India (wikipedia)
  • Casa de India (Portuguese state corporation for spice trade (wikipedia)