Portuguese navigators

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Portuguese navigators were early modern seafarers and explorers from Portugal who pioneered oceanic exploration routes around Africa, Asia, and the Americas during the Age of Discovery.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf group of explorers
historical community
maritime explorers
activeInCentury 15th century
16th century
activeInPeriod Age of Discovery NERFINISHED
baseOfOperations Lisbon NERFINISHED
Sagres NERFINISHED
contributedTo European geographic knowledge
early modern cartography
global maritime trade networks
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Portugal NERFINISHED
exploredRegion Arabian Sea NERFINISHED
Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED
Bay of Bengal NERFINISHED
Brazilian coast
Indian Ocean NERFINISHED
South Atlantic NERFINISHED
South China Sea NERFINISHED
coast of East Africa
coast of West Africa
fieldOfActivity cartography
maritime trade
navigation
oceanic exploration
language Portuguese
motivatedBy expansion of Christian missions
search for new trade routes
search for spices
notableMember Afonso de Albuquerque NERFINISHED
Bartolomeu Dias NERFINISHED
Diogo Cão NERFINISHED
Diogo Gomes NERFINISHED
Ferdinand Magellan NERFINISHED
Gil Eanes NERFINISHED
João Gonçalves Zarco NERFINISHED
Martim Afonso de Sousa NERFINISHED
Nuno Tristão NERFINISHED
Pedro Álvares Cabral NERFINISHED
Tristão da Cunha NERFINISHED
Vasco da Gama NERFINISHED
openedSeaRoute Atlantic route to Brazil
direct sea route from Europe to Asia
sea route around Cape of Good Hope to India
patron King John II of Portugal NERFINISHED
King Manuel I of Portugal NERFINISHED
Prince Henry the Navigator NERFINISHED
supportedBy Portuguese Crown NERFINISHED
usedMethod celestial navigation
dead reckoning
usedTechnology astrolabe
caravel
magnetic compass

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Port Natal usedBy Portuguese navigators