The Age of exploration was from the late 1400 to the 1700. It was a time period where many countries sought out new resources and trade routes. The two countries that were notorious in exploration during the Renaissance were Portugal and Spain. The Portuguese and Spanish were rivals in exploration. They were always competing with each other over who was better. Spanish exploration was more effective than Portuguese exploration because the Spanish went to land unexplored‚ colonised and made more voyages
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commodities that were new and useful to the Europeans‚ thus they conquered the land and engaged in trade. It is in this time period in which The Lusiads is written. The poem is about a group of Portuguese sailors led by Vasco da Gama on journey from Portugal to India‚ making a stop in the Cape of Storms‚ at the tip of Africa. It is considered to be a national epic as it
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courageous voyagers and conquistadors from all over Europe‚ much like today. There was much competition for land rights. The main land disputes were between Spain and Portugal. The Spanish monarchy was stronger than ever before and in a position to support foreign ventures; it could bear the costs and dangers of exploration. But‚ "Portugal situated on the extreme southwestern edge of the European continent‚ got the start on the rest of Europe." (p. 478) They sought greatness in the unknown world oversees
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de Viriato‚ Portugal. His family had an aristocratic origin. Mendes’ father was a judge and his twin brother was to become a Foreign Minister. Mendes was married to Angelina and had 14 children. He graduated the University of Coimbra and he studied law. He was a Portuguese diplomat and was in consulate of Bordeaux in France last. He had a Rabbi friend called Chaim Kruger and was inspired by him to save the targets of Nazis. He stamped visas for refugees and Jews for entering Portugal during 16-23
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Skimboard Escola Secundária João da Silva Correia Subject: English Duarte Manuel Resende Aguiar Tavares Nº11 10ºB The Origin of the skimboard Skimboard‚ also known as skimming‚ is the sport of running and jumping on a specially made board and skimming over the surface of the water‚ usually at the beach. Skimboard began in the early 1920s‚ in southern California when lifeguards wanted an easy way to get across the beaches of Laguna. Types of skimming There are two styles of skimming:
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explorations to find a sea route to Asia so they could get spices cheaper. Portugal was the first country that sent explorers to search for the sea route to Asia. After Bartholomew Dias and his crew made it to Africa’s Cape of Good Hope‚ Vasco da Gama and his crew became the first to sail around Africa and through the Indian Ocean to India in 1497. Spain‚ however‚ would soon take over the lead in exploration. When Portugal refused to finance Christopher Columbus’ idea to sail west to find the shortcut
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The movie The Mission (1986) staring Robert DiNiero‚ is set during the colonial time period and sheds light on the Jesuits and their early missions in Brazil. It shows us a timeline of the behaviors of countries such as Spain and Portugal as well as the Jesuit missions. The movie opens with a focus on an Indian village set on the top of a waterfall. This village is depicted from two separate viewpoints‚ as the viewer is shown a Jesuit Priest named Father Gabriel (Jeremy Irons) in the beginning
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by the ambition for political centralization. The Spanish monarchy supported foreign ventures and bore the costs and dangers. With the voyages of Genoese mariner Christopher Columbus‚ Spain had begun the quest for an empire. On the other hand‚ Portugal‚ insignificant as a European land power‚ sought greatness in the domination of unknown overseas territories. The destruction and seizure of Muslim coastal forts‚ which later served as trading posts and military bases‚ laid the foundation for Portuguese
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the country to go bankrupt‚ which means that the European Union needed to step in and help Greece out. Needless to say‚ this left a poor impact on Europe and the credibility of the euro. With the same financial disasters lurking for countries like Portugal and the Republic of Ireland‚ many experts fear this would further damage the euro’s reputation and could lead to a substantial fall against other key currencies. Admittedly‚ the European Union made several mistakes with the euro. The launch of
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taken austerity measures that were not foreseen. The actions taken were carried out because of the climbing budget deficits from the governments trying to help stimulate their own economies after the 2008 global crisis. The countries of Spain and Portugal are not getting any better. The countries are cutting more and more of their deficit spending while increasing taxes. Spain plans to cut an extra 13 billion euros in 2013. They plan to cut 150 billion euros over the next three years. A citizen claims
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