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Featuring the Monument to the Discoverers, also known as the celebration of “Well, I guess we’ll have to find another way to India”. ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYol0bFBi8g for context)
In the early 15th century, events in the Middle East effectively cut off Europe from the spice trade, which originated in the Indian subcontinent. Eager to find the source of these spices, sailors and traders from the fledgling Portuguese nation set off in search of wealth and power, many of them supported and patronised by Henry the Navigator, son of King John I of Portugal. In naval expeditions sponsored by Henry, Portuguese sailors discovered Madeira and the Azores, and became the first Europeans to pass Cape Bojador, in modern-day Morocco. These expeditions spearheaded the European Age of Discovery, upended African politics and trade, and effectively became the first transcontinental European empire. Henry stands at the head of a monument built on the bank of the Tagus River, named the Padrão dos Descobrimentos. Inaugurated in 1960, half a millennium since Henry’s passing, the monument celebrates the Age of Discovery and immortalised many of the explorers, traders, sailors, and navigators who made it possible.
Hope you enjoy!
In the early 15th century, events in the Middle East effectively cut off Europe from the spice trade, which originated in the Indian subcontinent. Eager to find the source of these spices, sailors and traders from the fledgling Portuguese nation set off in search of wealth and power, many of them supported and patronised by Henry the Navigator, son of King John I of Portugal. In naval expeditions sponsored by Henry, Portuguese sailors discovered Madeira and the Azores, and became the first Europeans to pass Cape Bojador, in modern-day Morocco. These expeditions spearheaded the European Age of Discovery, upended African politics and trade, and effectively became the first transcontinental European empire. Henry stands at the head of a monument built on the bank of the Tagus River, named the Padrão dos Descobrimentos. Inaugurated in 1960, half a millennium since Henry’s passing, the monument celebrates the Age of Discovery and immortalised many of the explorers, traders, sailors, and navigators who made it possible.
Hope you enjoy!
Category Photography / Scenery
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Size 1280 x 960px
File Size 205.5 kB
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