Portuguese Empire

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colonial empire maritime empire

The Portuguese Empire was a vast global maritime and colonial power, spanning territories in Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas from the 15th to the 20th century.

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All labels observed (14)

Label	Occurrences
Portuguese Empire canonical	205
Portuguese colonial empire	5
Portuguese America	2
Portuguese colonization	2
Empire of Brazil	1
Portugal (colonial era)	1
Portuguese Empire (historical)	1
Portuguese Empire in Asia	1
Portuguese Empire in some regions	1
Portuguese Empire in the Age of Discovery	1
Portuguese India	1
Portuguese colonial era	1
Portuguese colonial possessions	1
Portuguese maritime empire	1

Statements (97)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial empire ⓘ maritime empire ⓘ
capital	Lisbon ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ Oceania ⓘ South America ⓘ
country	Portugal ⓘ
culturalLegacy	Community of Portuguese Language Countries ⓘ surface form: Lusophone world Portuguese colonial architecture ⓘ spread of Catholicism ⓘ spread of Portuguese language ⓘ
decolonizationWave	African decolonization ⓘ
economicActivity	gold trade ⓘ silver trade ⓘ slave trade ⓘ spice trade ⓘ sugar production ⓘ
endTime	1975 ⓘ
event	Dutch–Portuguese War ⓘ Iberian Union ⓘ Portuguese Colonial War ⓘ Restoration War ⓘ
explorer	Afonso de Albuquerque ⓘ Bartolomeu Dias ⓘ Ferdinand Magellan ⓘ Henry the Navigator ⓘ Pedro Álvares Cabral ⓘ Vasco da Gama ⓘ
firstOverseasPossession	Ceuta ⓘ
handoverEvent	Transfer of sovereignty over Macau ⓘ
handoverYear	1999 ⓘ
historicalEra	Age of Exploration ⓘ surface form: Age of Discovery Early modern period ⓘ Age of Imperialism ⓘ surface form: New Imperialism
inceptionEvent	Conquest of Ceuta ⓘ
language	Portuguese language ⓘ surface form: Portuguese
lastMajorColonyIndependence	Angola ⓘ Mozambique ⓘ
lastMajorColonyIndependenceYear	1975 ⓘ
majorPort	Goa ⓘ Lisbon ⓘ Luanda ⓘ Macau ⓘ Rio de Janeiro ⓘ
monarch	John I of Portugal ⓘ John II of Portugal ⓘ King John III of Portugal ⓘ surface form: John III of Portugal John IV of Portugal ⓘ Joseph I of Portugal ⓘ King Manuel I of Portugal ⓘ surface form: Manuel I of Portugal Maria I of Portugal ⓘ Pedro II of Brazil ⓘ Sebastian of Portugal ⓘ
navalInnovation	caravel ⓘ nao ship ⓘ
notableGovernor	Afonso de Albuquerque ⓘ Tomé de Sousa ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
rival	British Empire ⓘ Dutch colonial empire ⓘ surface form: Dutch Empire French colonial empire ⓘ Spanish Empire ⓘ
startTime	1415 ⓘ
successorState	Timor-Leste ⓘ surface form: Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste Brazil ⓘ surface form: Federative Republic of Brazil China ⓘ surface form: People's Republic of China Portugal ⓘ surface form: Portuguese Republic Angola ⓘ surface form: Republic of Angola Mozambique ⓘ surface form: Republic of Mozambique
territory	Angola ⓘ Azores ⓘ Brazil ⓘ Cape Verde Islands ⓘ surface form: Cape Verde Sri Lanka ⓘ surface form: Ceylon Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu ⓘ surface form: Daman and Diu Timor-Leste ⓘ surface form: East Timor Goa ⓘ Guinea-Bissau ⓘ Macau ⓘ Madeira ⓘ Malacca ⓘ Mozambique ⓘ Nagapattinam ⓘ Nagasaki trading post ⓘ Mozambique ⓘ surface form: Portuguese East Africa Guinea-Bissau ⓘ surface form: Portuguese Guinea Portuguese India ⓘ Angola ⓘ surface form: Portuguese West Africa São Tomé and Príncipe ⓘ
treaty	Treaty of Tordesillas ⓘ Treaty of Zaragoza ⓘ
unionEndTime	1640 ⓘ
unionStartTime	1580 ⓘ
unionWith	Spanish monarchy ⓘ surface form: Spanish Crown

Referenced by (224)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Seven Years' War → mainBelligerent → Portuguese Empire ⓘ

Age of Sail → associatedWithEvent → Portuguese Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Portuguese maritime empire

Latin American independence movements → location → Portuguese Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Portuguese America

Latin American independence movements → location → Portuguese Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Empire of Brazil

Latin American independence movements → opposedTo → Portuguese Empire ⓘ

Dutch Brazil → conflictWith → Portuguese Empire ⓘ

Treaty of Tordesillas → relatedTo → Portuguese Empire ⓘ

Bengal → colonialPower → Portuguese Empire ⓘ

Atlantic slave trade → mainRegion → Portuguese Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Portuguese America

Elmina Castle → constructedBy → Portuguese Empire ⓘ

Maratha Empire → conflict → Portuguese Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Portuguese India

Portuguese Ceylon → partOf → Portuguese Empire ⓘ

Indian Ocean trade network → sawInterventionBy → Portuguese Empire ⓘ

Galle → builtBy → Portuguese Empire ⓘ

subject surface form: Galle Fort

Batticaloa → colonialPower → Portuguese Empire ⓘ

Kingdom of Kandy (interior Sri Lanka) → resisted → Portuguese Empire ⓘ

subject surface form: Kingdom of Kandy

Dutch colonial empire → precededBy → Portuguese Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Portuguese Empire in some regions

Francis Xavier → missionaryRegion → Portuguese Empire ⓘ

Dutch–Portuguese War → participant → Portuguese Empire ⓘ

Dutch–Portuguese War → relatedTo → Portuguese Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Portuguese Empire in the Age of Discovery

Coromandel Coast → wasImportantTo → Portuguese Empire ⓘ

Malabar Coast → historicallyTradedWith → Portuguese Empire ⓘ

Malabar Coast → firstEuropeanPower → Portuguese Empire ⓘ

New Holland → opposedBy → Portuguese Empire ⓘ

Portuguese reconquest of Recife → country → Portuguese Empire ⓘ

Malacca Sultanate → conqueredBy → Portuguese Empire ⓘ

Johor Sultanate → conflict → Portuguese Empire ⓘ

Maluku Islands → historicallyControlledBy → Portuguese Empire ⓘ

Treaty of Zaragoza → definedSpheresOfInfluenceFor → Portuguese Empire ⓘ

War of the First Coalition → countryInvolved → Portuguese Empire ⓘ

Iberian Union → includesTerritory → Portuguese Empire ⓘ

Eastern Arabia → colonialInterest → Portuguese Empire ⓘ

Portuguese Crown → notablePeriod → Portuguese Empire ⓘ

Churches and Convents of Goa → builtBy → Portuguese Empire ⓘ

Viceroy of Portuguese India → partOf → Portuguese Empire ⓘ

King John III of Portugal → monarchOf → Portuguese Empire ⓘ

subject surface form: John III of Portugal

St. George’s Castle → builder → Portuguese Empire ⓘ

Diogo de Azambuja → associatedWith → Portuguese Empire ⓘ

Cochin → colonizedBy → Portuguese Empire ⓘ

Philip the Great → reignOver → Portuguese Empire ⓘ

subject surface form: Philip IV of Spain

Portuguese Inquisition → jurisdiction → Portuguese Empire ⓘ

Fort Frederick → builtBy → Portuguese Empire ⓘ

Fort Frederick → originallyBuiltBy → Portuguese Empire ⓘ

Fort Frederick → usedBy → Portuguese Empire ⓘ

Fort Frederick → controlledBy → Portuguese Empire ⓘ

Kilwa Kisiwani → conqueredBy → Portuguese Empire ⓘ

Kingdom of Benin → tradedWith → Portuguese Empire ⓘ

Portuguese America → partOf → Portuguese Empire ⓘ

blue and white flag of the Portuguese monarchy → usedIn → Portuguese Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Portuguese colonial possessions