Portuguese King Manuel I (who ruled from 1495-1521), commissioned this Belgian tapestry to commemorate explorer Vasco da Gama's "discovery" of India in 1498. Da Gama is the figure at the left, ...

LISBON, PORTUGAL — Portugal’s former empire is striking back -- through language. As Brazil rises on the international stage and its onetime colonial master wanes, a proposed standardization of the ...

The experiences of young Chinese professionals provide an additional layer of complexity to the relations between China and Lusophone Africa. How did a small, impoverished kingdom on the edge of ...

Introduction: Quincentennials -- Portugal and the "Age of Discoveries" -- Movers: caravels, carracks, caravans, canoes, and carts -- Flux and reflux of people (Migrants and settlers, Servants of the ...

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