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Há 4 horas · Portuguese warship Rainha de Portugal saluting the squadron of Admiral Ball at Malta in 1798. In the 18th century the Portuguese Navy was among the most powerful in the world. In 1661 the Portuguese offered Bombay and Tangier to England as part of a dowry, and over the next hundred years the English gradually became the dominant trader in India, gradually excluding the trade of other powers.
Há 1 dia · Signature. Dom Pedro I (12 October 1798 – 24 September 1834) was the founder and first ruler of the Empire of Brazil, where he was known as " the Liberator ". As King Dom Pedro IV, he reigned briefly over Portugal, where he also became known as "the Liberator" as well as " the Soldier King ". [A] Born in Lisbon, Pedro I was the fourth child ...
Há 1 dia · The word Portugal derives from the combined Roman - Celtic place name Portus Cale [18] [19] (present-day's conurbation of Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia ). Porto stems from the Latin for port, portus; Cale ' s meaning and origin is unclear. The mainstream explanation is an ethnonym derived from the Callaeci, also known as the Gallaeci peoples, who ...
