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Prince Henry (Henrique) the Navigator (1394-1460) was a Portuguese royal prince, soldier, and patron of explorers. Henry sent many sailing expeditions down Africa's west coast, but did not go on them himself.
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. It originated during the Age of Exploration and was therefore one of the first global empires. At the time of Habsburgs, Spain reached the peak of its world power.[
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divided the newly discovered lands outside Europe between Spain and Portugal
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a nobleman of the Portuguese royal household, was a Portuguese explorer who sailed around the southernmost tip of Africa in 1488, the first European known to have done so
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Columbus landed in the Bahamas and later explored much of the Caribbean,
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He was the first European to reach the islands.
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Portuguese explorer, one of the most successful in the Age of Discovery and the commander of the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India. For a short time in 1524 he was the Governor of Portuguese India, under the title of Viceroy.
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when the States-General of the Netherlands granted it a 21-year monopoly to carry out colonial activities in Asia
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when the States-General of the Netherlands granted it a 21-year monopoly to carry out colonial activities in Asia.
