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.

Aliases (7)

Portuguese America ×2
Empire of Brazil ×1
Portuguese Empire in some regions ×1
Portuguese Empire in the Age of Discovery ×1
Portuguese India ×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	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 Discovery → Early modern period → New Imperialism →
inceptionEvent	Conquest of Ceuta →
language	Portuguese →
lastMajorColonyIndependence	Angola → Mozambique →
lastMajorColonyIndependenceYear	1975 →
majorPort	Goa → Lisbon → Luanda → Macau → Rio de Janeiro →
monarch	John I of Portugal → John II of Portugal → John III of Portugal → John IV of Portugal → Joseph I of Portugal → 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 Empire → French colonial empire → Spanish Empire →
startTime	1415 →
successorState	Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste → Federative Republic of Brazil → People's Republic of China → Portuguese Republic → Republic of Angola → Republic of Mozambique →
territory	Angola → Azores → Brazil → Cape Verde → Ceylon → Daman and Diu → East Timor → Goa → Guinea-Bissau → Macau → Madeira → Malacca → Mozambique → Nagapattinam → Nagasaki trading post → Portuguese East Africa → Portuguese Guinea → Portuguese India → Portuguese West Africa → São Tomé and Príncipe →
treaty	Treaty of Tordesillas → Treaty of Zaragoza →
unionEndTime	1640 →
unionStartTime	1580 →
unionWith	Spanish Crown →

Referenced by (78)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Al Jalali Fort → Batticaloa Fort → Fort Frederick → Jaffna Fort → Nagapattinam →	controlledBy
Portuguese America → Portuguese Ceylon → Portuguese India → Tomé de Sousa → Viceroy of Portuguese India →	partOf
Batticaloa → Bengal → Nagapattinam → Negombo →	colonialPower
Grand Master of the Order of Christ → Treaty of El Pardo → Treaty of San Ildefonso (1777) →	appliesToJurisdiction
Al Jalali Fort → Jaffna Fort → St. George’s Castle →	builder
Churches and Convents of Goa → Fort Frederick → Galle Fort →	builtBy
Diogo de Azambuja → João da Nova →	associatedWith
Johor Sultanate → Maratha Empire ("Portuguese India") →	conflict
Dutch Angola → Dutch Brazil →	conflictWith
Kilwa Kisiwani → Malacca Sultanate →	conqueredBy
Batticaloa Fort → Elmina Castle →	constructedBy
Latin American independence movements ("Portuguese America") → Latin American independence movements ("Empire of Brazil") →	location
John III of Portugal → Kings of Portugal →	monarchOf
Dutch–Portuguese War ("Portuguese Empire in the Age of Discovery") → Treaty of Tordesillas →	relatedTo
blue and white flag of the Portuguese monarchy → blue and white flag of the Portuguese monarchy ("Portuguese colonial possessions") →	usedIn
Portuguese royal family →	associatedEmpire
Age of Sail ("Portuguese maritime empire") →	associatedWithEvent
United Provinces of the Río de la Plata →	borderedBy
Eastern Arabia →	colonialInterest
Cochin →	colonizedBy
Portuguese reconquest of Recife →	country
War of the First Coalition →	countryInvolved
Treaty of Zaragoza →	definedSpheresOfInfluenceFor
Kingdom of Kotte →	firstEuropeanContactWith
Malabar Coast →	firstEuropeanPower
After Tamerlane: The Global History of Empire Since 1405 →	focusesOn
Maluku Islands →	historicallyControlledBy
Malabar Coast →	historicallyTradedWith
Iberian Union →	includesTerritory
John I of Portugal →	initiated
Catholic Church in the Americas →	introducedBy
Portuguese Inquisition →	jurisdiction
Seven Years' War →	mainBelligerent
Atlantic slave trade ("Portuguese America") →	mainRegion
Portugal e o Futuro →	mainSubject
Francis Xavier →	missionaryRegion
Portuguese Crown →	notablePeriod
Nagasaki trading post →	operatedBy
New Holland →	opposedBy
Latin American independence movements →	opposedTo
Fort Frederick →	originallyBuiltBy
Dutch–Portuguese War →	participant
Dutch colonial empire ("Portuguese Empire in some regions") →	precededBy
Portuguese India →	previousEntity
Philip IV of Spain →	reignOver
Kingdom of Kandy →	resisted
Portuguese royal family →	ruledTerritory
Indian Ocean trade network →	sawInterventionBy
House of Aviz →	significantTerritory
Kingdom of Benin →	tradedWith
Fort Frederick →	usedBy
Coromandel Coast →	wasImportantTo