Diana Lopez-ning Post #4

Since the fall of Roman empire there had been no empire based in Europe which extends outside the continent.

This status change in the 16th century when Portugal and Spain began to colonize America and other continents.

The Portuguese have developed ocean-going skills which are eagerly copied by the Spanish

The island of Bombay becomes pat of the Portuguese empire in 1534.

The early explorers up the east Africa coast

The sea route round the Cape, Portugal can undercut the Venetian trade with its profusion of middlemen.

The Portuguese approach South America with a special interest in Brazil. The name of brazil is after a very valuable resource ”red wood” which was very high in demand in Europe because they were able to extract die from it.

The first attempt to establish a Portuguese presence in Brazil is made by John III in 1533.

Colonists gradually move into the interior..Their mission to convert the Indians they are often the first European presence in new regions far from the coast.

The economic strength of Portuguese Brazil derives at first from sugar plantations

Portuguese :16th-19th century AD

Portugal initiates slave trade and brings Africans to America to work and to Europe to serve. Although nearly most of their slaves were transferred to Brazil.

In Ginea ,the slave trade becomes the basis of the local economy

Similarly the Portuguese, although the first Europeans to establish trading settlements in sub-Saharan Africa, fail later to consolidate their advantage.