Portuguese exploration — motives?
Economic, strategic, technological innovation.
Causes of Portuguese expeditions?
Search for a sea route to India and trade control
School of navigation at Sagres — role?
Advanced navigation, mapmaking, shipbuilding.
Prince Henry the Navigator — role?
Founded School of Navigation, promoted exploration
Timeframe of Portuguese explorations?
15th–16th centuries, from 1415 onward
Cape of Good Hope — significance?
Rounded by Dias in 1488, opened sea route to Asia
Vasco da Gama — achievement?
First to reach India by sea, 1498
Portuguese Empire expansion — main goal?
Control trade routes, establish colonies
Circumnavigation — purpose?
Prove Earth's roundness, expand trade routes
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