ABSTRACT
For the voyages of exploration which paved the way for conquest and colonisation, see pp. 216–18.
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1448 |
Portuguese fort (feitoria) is constructed at Arguin, south of Cape Branco. The pioneering ‘factory’ which was at the core of their seaborne empire. |
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1455 |
Portuguese are confirmed in their African possessions by the Papal Bull Romanus Pontifex of Nicholas V. |
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1471 |
Tangier is taken by Portugal. |
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1479 |
Treaty of Alçacovas confirms Portuguese monopoly of the Guinea trade. |
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1481 |
Construction of the fort at Elmina (São Jorge da Mina) on the Guinea coast. |
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1494 |
Treaty of Tordesillas (see p. 128). |
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1497 |
Vasco da Gama paves the way for Portuguese influence in India. |
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1507 |
Ceylon witnesses the first Portuguese landing. |
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1508 |
Ormuz (Hormuz) at the mouth of the Persian Gulf is captured by the fleet of Afonso de Albuquerque. It is a major strategic victory. |
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1509 |
Albuquerque succeeds Almeida as Viceroy. Maritime dominance of the Portuguese is confirmed by the naval victory at Diu against a combined Egyptian and Gujerati fleet. |
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1510 |
Albuquerque captures Goa from the Sultan of Bijapur (Nov.). This marks the beginning of Goa's rise as the location of Portuguese power in India. |
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1511 |
Malacca is captured by Albuquerque. A trading post is established. |
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1518 |
Construction of a fort in Ceylon. |
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1531 |
Daman (on the coast of India) is seized. |
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1532 |
First permanent Portuguese settlement in Brazil is established. |
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1535 |
Diu (on the coast of India) is ceded to Portugal. |
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1557 |
Trading post on Macao is established. |
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1559 |
Daman (in India) is formally ceded by Gujerati Sultan Bahadur Shah. |
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1570 |
Trading post at Nagasaki (Japan) is established. |
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1574 |
Colony is established in Angola. |
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1580–1640 |
Portugal (and its empire) comes under Spanish rule. |
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1648 |
Muscat is lost to the Arabs, but Luanda and Benguela are recaptured from the Dutch. |
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1652 |
Expulsion of the Dutch from north-east Brazil. |
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1661 |
Cession of Tangier as part of the dowry of Catherine of Braganza's marriage to Charles II of England (June). Portugal cedes Ceylon to Holland but retains Brazil (Aug.). |
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1663 |
All Portuguese possessions in India (except Goa and Diu) are captured by the Dutch. |
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1665 |
Military presence in Cabinda is established. |
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1668 |
Ceuta is ceded by Portugal to Spain. |
