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Composed of the overseas colonies, factories, and later overseas territories, governed by the Kingdom of Portugal, and later the Republic of Portugal, it was one of the longest-lived colonial empires in European history, lasting 584 years from the conquest of Ceuta in North Africa in 1415 to the transfer of sovereignty over Macau to China in 1999.
20 lis 2022 · Portugal had colonies in Venezuela, Paraguay, Uruguay, Peru, Argentina, and Ecuador and some of these nations still maintain strong ties with Portugal today. Portugal's colonization of South America shaped the region significantly, politically and economically.
Pages in category "Former Portuguese colonies" The following 146 pages are in this category, out of 146 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
11 lip 2019 · From the middle of the 17th century, Portugal lost almost all its colonies in Asia (except Goa and several insignificant bases in India). In the 19th century, At the height of European colonialism, Portugal lost its territory in South America and several bases in Asia.
Portuguese presence in Africa started in 1415 with the conquest of Ceuta and is generally viewed as ending in 1975, with the independence of its later colonies, although the present autonomous region of Madeira is located in the African Plate, some 650 km (360 mi) off the North African coast, Madeira belongs and has always belonged ethnically, c...
19 lip 2021 · The Portuguese were intrepid mariners and so it is entirely appropriate that their first colonies should be relatively remote islands. Searching for new resources and land which might solve Portugal’s deficit in wheat requirements, mariners sailed towards the unknown mid-Atlantic Ocean.
One of the most powerful of the European colonial empires, the Portuguese Empire was ruled by an absolute monarch. The empire included colonies in coastal Africa, India, Indonesia, China, the Middle East, and South America.
