HIST-209 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Portuguese Empire, Indian Ocean, Grand Banks Of Newfoundland
5 Mar 2019
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Surrounded by spain on 3 sides: developed a navy and technical means for long distance oceanic travel. Early 15th century with portugal launching major, overseas naval adventures. First naval academy just before 1415 to train captains and sailors: discovering africa. Reaching the congo in 1482: christopher columbus went searching for china but ran into the "indies" thinking it"s spice islands. Getting serious about asia: 1498 vasco de gama: discovering the treasures of east africa and makes it to. The profit was worth 60x more than the cost of the expedition: establishing a series of forts and ports to control strategic sites in the indian ocean. Insert themselves into an existing network and control strategic sites. More commodities are sent back to europe: 1511; city of goa becomes the headquarters for the portuguese empire. A portuguese empire in asia but the settlement was small. Insert, reoriented, use forts and ports to control trade routes.
