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Portugal's national poet, Luis de Camoëns, | HISTORY OF LITERATURE

Camoëns and Os Lusíadas

Portugal's national poet, Luis de Camoëns, has a career as dangerous and eventful as that of Cervantes, his younger contemporary in Spain. Like Cervantes, he serves as a soldier and is wounded (he loses an eye in no...

The king of Portugal, John II, | HISTORY OF BRAZIL

The Tordesillas Line

The king of Portugal, John II, protests that this trims him too tight. The line cramps the route which Portuguese sailors must take through the Atlantic before turning east round Africa.

Spanish and Portuguese a...

The king of Portugal, John II, | HISTORY OF AMERICA

The Tordesillas Line

The king of Portugal, John II, protests that this trims him too tight. The line cramps the route which Portuguese sailors must take through the Atlantic before turning east round Africa.

Spanish and Portuguese a...

The king of Portugal, John II, | HISTORY OF PORTUGAL

The Tordesillas Line

The king of Portugal, John II, protests that this trims him too tight. The line cramps the route which Portuguese sailors must take through the Atlantic before turning east round Africa.

Spanish and Portuguese a...

The king of Portugal, John II, | HISTORY OF SPAIN

The Tordesillas Line

The king of Portugal, John II, protests that this trims him too tight. The line cramps the route which Portuguese sailors must take through the Atlantic before turning east round Africa.

Spanish and Portuguese a...

It is therefore natural for Portugal | HISTORY OF GUINEA-BISSAU

The Slave Coast

It is therefore natural for Portugal to lay claim to this region, soon to be known as Portuguese Guinea, when the European scramble for Africa begins in the 1880s.

Britain's interest in the region has declined si...

It is therefore natural for Portugal | HISTORY OF CAPE VERDE

The Slave Coast

It is therefore natural for Portugal to lay claim to this region, soon to be known as Portuguese Guinea, when the European scramble for Africa begins in the 1880s.

Britain's interest in the region has declined si...

A British army lands in Portugal | HISTORY OF THE PENINSULAR WAR

Vimeiro to Corunna

A British army lands in Portugal on 1 August 1808 under the command of Wellington (at the time plain Sir Arthur Wellesley), who wins a decisive victory over the French at Vimeiro, near Lisbon. Wellington is prevented fro...

A British army lands in Portugal | HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN (from 1707)

Vimeiro to Corunna

A British army lands in Portugal on 1 August 1808 under the command of Wellington (at the time plain Sir Arthur Wellesley), who wins a decisive victory over the French at Vimeiro, near Lisbon. Wellington is prevented fro...

When Camoens finally returns to Portugal | HISTORY OF LITERATURE

Camoëns and Os Lusíadas

When Camoens finally returns to Portugal in 1570, he brings with him the manuscript of the epic poem on which he has been working. It is published in 1572 under the title Os Lusiadas. The name, with its echoes of...

By this time the regime in | HISTORY OF ANGOLA

Colonial period

By this time the regime in Portugal has been through two violent transitions, from monarchy to republic in 1910 and then to a military dictatorship after a coup in 1926. The effect of these changes in Angola is a tighten...