FILE - The sword of the Royal House of Avis on a stylised cross decorates the 56-meter high Monument to the Discoveries by the Tagus river in Lisbon, on March 30, 2023. The Vatican has recalled a ...
Portuguese King Manuel I (who ruled from 1495-1521), commissioned this Belgian tapestry to commemorate explorer Vasco da Gama's "discovery" of India in 1498. Da Gama is the figure at the left, ...
The extensive works will allow historians to follow political and commercial change year by year ...
The economy of the Portuguese Empire / Stuart B. Schwartz -- Costs and financial trends in the Portuguese Empire, 1415--1822 / Jorge M. Pedreira -- Markets and merchant communities in the Indian Ocean ...
ROMEROME — The Vatican has recalled a postage stamp promoting this year’s World Youth Day in Portugal following complaints that it celebrated Portugal’s colonial empire and the nationalist ...