Portugal: The Golden Age of Discovery (TRIH ep 228, part 2)
1488 · Resource
This episode continues the hosts' History of Portugal series, tracing Portuguese expansion from the death of Henry the Navigator through the first century of maritime empire. They discuss early explorers (Diogo Cão, Bartolomeu Dias) who probed Africa's coast and laid markers, and Vasco da Gama's perilous 1497–1499 voyage to India under King Manuel.
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