History 1810E Midterm: Lecture Summaries Spice Wars
20 Dec 2015
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Reconquista was the named given to the christian opposition of. Third son of king john, the king of portugal. 1415 took part in the capture of ceuta in the northernmost tip of africa and success: portugal wanted to capture the city to prove their strength. By the 1440"s, individual voyages to africa began showing profit and status on the iberian peninsula: the underlying goal wasn"t to circumnavigate around. Africa, but to find a route to the indian ocean. 1455, nicholas v"s bull romanus pontifex, first legal decision made by the catholic church concerning the conquests and voyages to africa and asia: gives the portuguese a monopoly of all further conquests. Dias, set sail the western south african coast. He turns north and begins sailing through the east african coast. Due to issues with his crew, dias is forced to turn back and to towards the north return to portugal in 1488.
