Reflecting on the great age of European maritime exploration and expansion from the 15th century onwards, we most likely think of Britain, France, the Netherlands and Spain as the main players. They ...

One night as Prince Henry of Portugal lay in bed it was revealed to him that he would render a great service to our Lord by the discovery of the said Ethiopias...in these lands so much gold and rich ...

Central Brazil is a vast green wedge of almost unexplored land. Seventeenth-century Portuguese explorers staggered out of its jungles bringing tales of a great lost City of Gold in a Garden of Eden.

Portuguese grain that changed the way Africans eat By Standard Digital | Sep. 9, 2009 By Ally Jamah Maize was introduced in Africa by Portuguese explorers in the beginning of the 16th century. It has ...