Age of Discovery

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== Portugal =='


Technology[edit | edit source]

  • 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


Henry the Navigator[edit | edit source]

Bartolomeu Dias[edit | edit source]

King Manuel I[edit | edit source]

  • Background
  • Spice Trade
    • See [Spice Trade] for profitability of trade to Portugal
    • Manuel I was known as "The Fortunate King" and also "The Grocer King" ("le roi epicie")

Vasco de Gama[edit | edit source]

  • Portugal sources:

https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livro_das_Armadas https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descobrimentos_portugueses

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