Portugal
AGE OF EXPLORATION
Pros and Cons of Portuguese Exploration
Pros:
- new land
- new sea routes
- made better maps of the world
- able to trade spices and jewels with India
- became richer because of Indian trade
Cons:
- enslaved Africans and didn't respect the native
- only cared about gold and spices
- as a result culture was ignored
- explorers attacked towns and killed Muslims
- made Brazilians suffer so they would change their religion to Christianity
Portugals Explorations
Portugal explored into the Cape of Good Hope, the eastern side of Africa, and the Indian Ocean into India.
Explorers
Vasco de Gama
!st explorer to find a direct trade route to Asia
Bartholomeu Dias
1st European to discover the Cape of Good Hope on the coast of Africa
Prince Henry (the Navigator)
He sponsored explorations of discovery in the Atlantic Ocean and down the western coast of Africa.
religion
97% of Portuguese are Roman Catholic. Explorers were dedicated to Catholicism and were harsh to people who weren't. Many times the would be harsh to people in the towns they explored to make them convert to Catholicism.