Once continental europes greatest power portugal shares commonalities geographic and cultural with the countries of both northern europe and the mediterranean.

Portugal 1500s map. Descobrimentos portugueses are the numerous territories and maritime routes discovered by the portuguese as a result of their intensive maritime exploration during the 15th and 16th centuries. Two kings of portugal ferdinand i and afonso v. Portugal country lying along the atlantic coast of the iberian peninsula in southwestern europe.

Complete map of europe in year 1500. As observed on the physical map of portugal above mountains and high hills cover the northern third of portugal including an extension of the cantabrian mountains from spain. Imperio portugues also known as the portuguese overseas ultramar portugues or the portuguese colonial empire imperio colonial portugues was composed of the overseas colonies and territories governed by portugalone of the longest lived empires in world history it existed for almost six centuries from the capture of ceuta in 1415 to the handover.

The portuguese empire portuguese. The kingdom of portugal in the 15th century was the first european power to begin building a colonial empirethe portuguese renaissance was a period of exploration during which portuguese sailors discovered several atlantic archipelagos like the azores madeira and cape verde explored and colonized the african coast discovered an eastern route to india that rounded the cape of good hope. The mainlands highest point is a peak in the serra da estrela at 6532 ft.

Maps such as the 1502 cantino planisphere traced a new view of the world. Online historical atlas showing a map of europe at the end of each century from year 1 to year 2000. Through the nearly 800 years in which portugal was a monarchy the kings held various other titles and pretensions.

Portugals voyages of discovery turned the nation into a trading empire. Portugals lowest point is along the atlantic ocean coastline. This is a list of portuguese monarchs who ruled from the establishment of the kingdom of portugal in 1139 to the deposition of the portuguese monarchy and creation of the portuguese republic with the 5 october 1910 revolution.