It was then forty years since he had left Portugal, and over thirty since he had been a prisoner of state in Ethiopia. |
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Millions of Greeks worldwide erupted in joyful celebration, hardly believing their eyes after Greece beat hosts Portugal in the Euro 2004 finals. |
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In Portugal, Spain, Southern France and some Latin American countries, bulls are used in the sport of bullfighting. |
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Long an outsider in Western politics, Portugal came in from the cold after the 1974 Carnation Revolution. |
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The early history of Portugal is shared with the rest of the Iberian Peninsula located in South Western Europe. |
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Neolithic Portugal experimented with domestication of herding animals, the raising of some cereal crops and fluvial or marine fishing. |
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Modern archeology and research shows a Portuguese root to the Celts in Portugal and elsewhere. |
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The former, beyond being one of the largest Roman settlements in Portugal, is also classified as a National Monument. |
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In 1348 and 1349 Portugal, like the rest of Europe, was devastated by the Black Death. |
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Portugal spearheaded European exploration of the world and the Age of Discovery. |
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Subsequently, Philip II of Spain claimed the throne and so became Philip I of Portugal. |
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John V died the following year and his son, Joseph I of Portugal, was crowned. |
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In the autumn of 1807, Napoleon moved French troops through Spain to invade Portugal. |
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With the occupation by Napoleon, Portugal began a slow but inexorable decline that lasted until the 20th century. |
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In addition, Portugal still ruled the Asian territories of Portuguese India, Portuguese Timor and Macau. |
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By 1975, all the Portuguese African territories were independent and Portugal held its first democratic elections in 50 years. |
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Expo '98 took place in Portugal and in 1999 it was one of the founding countries of the euro and the eurozone. |
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Despite the fact that humans have occupied the territory of Portugal for thousands of years, something still remains of the original vegetation. |
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Portugal was one of the first countries in the world to abolish the death penalty. |
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Portugal is also known for having decriminalized the usage of all common drugs in 2001, the first country in the world to do so. |
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The Portuguese government also agreed to eliminate its golden share in Portugal Telecom which gave it veto power over vital decisions. |
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Portugal's central bank is the Banco de Portugal, an integral part of the European System of Central Banks. |
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This is despite the fact that Portugal remains one of the countries with the lowest per capita GDP in Western Europe. |
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The Euronext Lisbon is the major stock exchange of Portugal and is part of the NYSE Euronext, the first global stock exchange. |
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The IMF recommended working on solving these problems for Portugal to be able to attract more private investment. |
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Portugal is a significant European minerals producer and is ranked among Europe's leading copper producers. |
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Volkswagen Group's AutoEuropa motor vehicle assembly plant in Palmela is among the largest foreign direct investment projects in Portugal. |
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Portugal is among the 20 most visited countries in the world, receiving an average of 13 million foreign tourists each year. |
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Tourist hotspots in Portugal are Lisbon, Algarve, Madeira, Porto and the city of Coimbra. |
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A national railway system that extends throughout the country and into Spain, is supported and administered by Comboios de Portugal. |
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In 2007, Portugal had 10,617,575 inhabitants of whom about 332,137 were legal immigrants. |
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Particularly in the North of Portugal, there are still many similarities between the Galician culture and the Portuguese culture. |
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An estimate of between 6,000 and 7,000 Mirandese speakers has been documented for Portugal. |
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In addition to being a destination for international students, Portugal is also among the top places of origin for international students. |
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Portugal ranks 12th in the best public health systems in the world, ahead of high developed countries like the United Kingdom, Germany or Sweden. |
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Portugal is home to fifteen UNESCO World Heritage Sites, ranking it 8th in Europe and 17th in the world. |
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Portuguese wines have enjoyed international recognition since the times of the Romans, who associated Portugal with their god Bacchus. |
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Out of the summer season, Portugal has a large number of festivals, designed more to an urban audience, like Flowfest or Hip Hop Porto. |
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Northern Portugal has its own original martial art, Jogo do Pau, in which the fighters use staffs to confront one or several opponents. |
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Dutch traders shipped wine from France and Portugal to the Baltic lands and returned with grain for countries around the Mediterranean Sea. |
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The earthquake accentuated political tensions in the Kingdom of Portugal and profoundly disrupted the country's colonial ambitions. |
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In 2015, it was revealed that the tsunami waves may have reached the coast of Brazil, then a colony of Portugal. |
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Currently, the alga is widespreaded from Norway to Portugal along Atlantic's coasts. |
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Iceland, Japan, and Portugal are the greatest consumers of seafood per capita in the world. |
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The other in southern France may be connected via the Pyrenees to populations in Spain and Portugal. |
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The greatest population of wildcats lives in Spain and Portugal but is threatened by interbreeding with feral cats and loss of habitat. |
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There are approximately 2,000 wolves inhabiting the Iberian Peninsula, of which 150 reside in northeastern Portugal. |
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Spanish trading ships purposely avoided the Indian Ocean, following the Treaty of Tordesillas with Portugal. |
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Ships from France and Portugal were first to fish there, followed by those from Spain while ships from England were scarce in the early years. |
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The culture was geographically widespread, and later Magdalenian sites have been found from Portugal in the west to Poland in the east. |
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Some modern historians have argued that he was not from Genoa but, instead, from the Aragon region of Spain or from Portugal. |
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He returned to Portugal to settle her estate and take his son Diego with him. |
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In 1488, Columbus appealed to the court of Portugal once again and, once again, John II invited him to an audience. |
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Columbus traveled from Portugal to both Genoa and Venice, but he received encouragement from neither. |
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He anchored next to the King's harbor patrol ship on 4 March 1493 in Portugal. |
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Not finding King John II of Portugal in Lisbon, Columbus wrote a letter to him and waited for John's reply. |
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After spending more than a week in Portugal, and paying his respects to Eleanor of Viseu, Columbus again set sail for Spain. |
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Portugal had been the main European power interested in pursuing trade routes overseas. |
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Portugal maintained a commercial monopoly of these commodities for several decades. |
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The master of Santiago was Prince John, who ascended to the throne in 1481 as King John II of Portugal. |
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Upon becoming king in 1481, John II of Portugal set out on many long reforms. |
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Da Gama and his sickly brother eventually hitched a ride with a Guinea caravel returning to Portugal, but Paulo da Gama died en route. |
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Vasco da Gama arrived back in Portugal in September 1503, effectively having failed in his mission to bring the Zamorin to submission. |
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Cabral conducted the first substantial exploration of the northeast coast of South America and claimed it for Portugal. |
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The continent was South America, and the land he had claimed for Portugal later came to be known as Brazil. |
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Despite the loss of human lives and ships, Cabral's voyage was deemed a success upon his return to Portugal. |
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Both eventually appeared and Cabral arrived in Portugal on 21 July 1501, with the other vessels coming home during the following days. |
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In Portugal, however, he has been much overshadowed by his rival Vasco da Gama. |
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Amerigo Vespucci, working for Portugal in voyages from 1497 to 1513, established that Columbus had reached a new set of continents. |
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As consistent trade increased between Spain and Portugal and the East and West Indies, respectively, so did piracy. |
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Prior to this time, slaves were required to pass through Portugal to be taxed before making their way to the Americas. |
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Vagrants could be found as far south as Gambia and the Cape Verde islands, and as far north as continental Portugal and Atlantic France. |
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The port also receives Ford and General Motors vehicles from Spain and Portugal and wood both tropical and from Landes. |
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Blake was joined by another four warships commanded by Edward Popham, who brought authority to go to war with Portugal. |
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Alfonso XI had married Maria of Portugal with whom he had his heir, the Infante Peter. |
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However, in August 1759 the French Mediterranean Fleet under Admiral La Clue left harbour and was destroyed at the Battle of Lagos near Portugal. |
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The most pressing issue in the war with Spain was a threatened invasion of Portugal. |
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Under the direction of the Marquis of Sarria Spanish troops crossed from Galicia into Northern Portugal capturing several towns. |
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In October 2011, Vestas participated in the deployment of a floating wind turbine offshore of Portugal. |
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This culture soon superseded the Solutrean area and the Gravettian of mainly France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Poland, Portugal and Ukraine. |
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Authoritarian regimes were established in the 1930s in Germany, Portugal, Austria, Poland, Greece, the Baltic countries and Spain. |
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It was after the independence of Portugal in 1640 when the concept of Spain started to shift and be applied to all the Peninsula except Portugal. |
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The Suevi established a kingdom in Gallaecia in what is today modern Galicia and northern Portugal. |
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The latter's kingdom is securely placed to the northeast, while Roderic seems to have taken the rest, notably modern Portugal. |
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The body ard dominates in Portugal, western Spain, the Balkans, India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Thailand, Japan, and most of Latin America. |
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In Spain and Portugal this remains a separate tool, but elsewhere it was the precursor to the coulter. |
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The sport of bullfighting is a traditional spectacle of Spain, Portugal, southern France, and some Latin American countries. |
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Portugal sent 150,000 settlers to Angola, 80,000 to Mozambique, and 20,000 to Goa. |
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Thus if Portugal specialized in wine and England in cloth, both states would end up better off if they traded. |
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Political instability dominated Portugal during the 19th century after the Napoleonic invasions. |
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Portugal enjoyed a virtual monopoly of the Atlantic slave trade for over a century, exporting around 800 slaves annually. |
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The aim of Portugal in the Indian Ocean was to ensure the monopoly of the spice trade. |
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The Portuguese empire expanded into the Persian Gulf as Portugal contested control of the spice trade with the Ottoman Empire. |
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In 1542 Jesuit missionary Francis Xavier arrived in Goa at the service of king John III of Portugal, in charge of an Apostolic Nunciature. |
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In 1517 King Manuel I of Portugal handed Lopo Homem a charter gaving him the privilege to certify and amend all compass needles in vessels. |
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Portugal would directly link the spice producing regions to their markets in Europe. |
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Portugal began establishing the first global trade network and empire under the leadership of Henry the Navigator. |
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In 1441, the first slaves were brought to Portugal from northern Mauritania. |
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Jehuda Cresques, a noted cartographer, has been said to have accepted an invitation to come to Portugal to make maps for the infante. |
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Her fourth child, Maria, married Manuel I of Portugal, strengthening the link forged by her elder sister's marriage. |
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The countries that are today known as Spain and Portugal spent the Middle Ages after 722 in an intermittent struggle called the Reconquista. |
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The lands to the east would belong to Portugal and the lands to the west to Castile. |
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Originals of both treaties are kept at the Archivo General de Indias in Spain and at the Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo in Portugal. |
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The bull did not mention Portugal or its lands, so Portugal could not claim newly discovered lands even if they were east of the line. |
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Portugal pushed back, seeking another papal pronouncement that limited the line of demarcation to the Atlantic. |
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This was given by Pope Leo X, who was friendly toward Portugal and its discoveries, in 1514 in the bull Praecelsae devotionis. |
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For a period between 1580 and 1640, the treaty was rendered meaningless, as the Spanish King was also King of Portugal. |
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It was superseded by the 1750 Treaty of Madrid which granted Portugal control of the lands it occupied in South America. |
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Spain was acknowledged sovereignty over the Philippines, while Portugal would get the territory of the Amazon River basin. |
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The docks of Goa were soon producing their own carracks for the India run back to Portugal and for runs to further points east. |
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The crew of about 270 included men from several nations, including Portugal, Spain, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Greece, England and France. |
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An agreement was reached only with the Treaty of Zaragoza, signed on 1529 between Spain and Portugal. |
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They colonized much of the world for Spain and Portugal in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. |
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In 1492, the combined populations of Spain and Portugal did not exceed 10 million people. |
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Later, when Spain established a route to the Indies from the west, Portugal arranged a second treaty, the Treaty of Zaragoza. |
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Due to these connections, mathematicians and experts in naval technology appeared in Portugal. |
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After the Iberian Union period, the Eastern Strip were settled by Portugal. |
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Portugal had landed in North Africa after Abu Abdallah asked him to help recover the Saadian throne. |
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The Dutch intrusion into Brazil was long lasting and troublesome to Portugal. |
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Spanish Formosa was established in Taiwan, first by Portugal from 1544 and later renamed and repositioned by Spain in Keelung. |
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Less known nationals from Spain and Portugal continued to conduct exploration work, support conquest and colonization. |
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Thus, Portugal was allied with Britain and preserved its possessions for a longer time. |
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When traders from Portugal introduced arquebuses and muskets, Iberian warlords were quick to adapt them, giving them a large advantage. |
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Aragon's Crown and Portugal constructed warships equipped with firearms and advanced gunpowder cannons. |
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Evidently drawing from the information provided in 1336 by Lanceloto Malocello sponsored by King Dinis of Portugal. |
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In 1517 King Manuel I of Portugal handed Lopo Homem a charter giving him the privilege to certify and amend all compass needles in vessels. |
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The map was completed on April 24, 1459, and sent to Portugal, but did not survive to the present day. |
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In 1513, trying to secure that channel to Portugal, Afonso de Albuquerque laid siege to Aden but was forced to retreat. |
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In September 1499, Vasco da Gama returned to Lisbon, Portugal, from his voyage to India. |
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In 1511, Afonso de Albuquerque conquered Malacca for Portugal, then the center of Asian trade. |
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Spain and Portugal were not happy to pay the high price that Venice demanded for spices. |
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Yet others say it has a direct connection with Portugal, which colonized the Omani coastline for nearly two centuries. |
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Following this, Portugal became the controlling state for trade between east and west, followed later by the Dutch city of Antwerp. |
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With all of Portugal now under the control of Afonso III of Portugal, religious, cultural and ethnic groups became gradually homogenized. |
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Nonetheless, Denis of Portugal carried out a short war with Castile for possession of the towns of Serpa and Moura. |
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In 1289 Denis had signed an agreement with Pope Nicholas IV, swearing to protect the Church's interests in Portugal. |
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At the time of Denis' death in 1325, he had placed Portugal on an equal footing with the other Iberian Kingdoms. |
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Linked to Spain by a dual monarchy, Portugal saw its large Empire being attacked by the English, the French and the Dutch, all enemies of Spain. |
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On the December 1, 1640, the Portuguese revolted and restored the full independence of Portugal after 60 years of Spanish domination. |
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At the same time, Portugal made peace agreements with England, France and the Netherlands. |
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This Academy is the origin of the present Naval schools of Portugal and of Brazil. |
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In 1820, after a Revolution in the city of Oporto, the Constitutional regime is established in Portugal. |
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This evacuation was planned to occur in the case of an enemy invasion and successfully occupation of Continental Portugal. |
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Additionally, a number of naval trawlers were built in Portugal and transferred to the Royal Navy to aid the British war effort. |
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The Navy supported the withdrawal of many thousands of Portuguese troops and civilians from Africa, transporting them back to Portugal. |
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In the end of 1975, for the first time in 500 years, Portugal was again a merely European country and its Navy a merely North Atlantic navy. |
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He was the only legitimate son of King Denis of Portugal by his wife Elizabeth of Aragon. |
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Two years later, he had the marriage annulled so he could marry Afonso's daughter, Maria of Portugal. |
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Zarco was born in Portugal, and became a knight at the service of Prince Henry the Navigator's household. |
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In the following century, Castile and Portugal were the primary contenders. |
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Afonso was born in Sintra, the eldest son of King Edward of Portugal by his wife Eleanor of Aragon. |
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With this title and its lands, he became the most powerful man in Portugal and one of the richest men in Europe. |
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Portugal and Spain defended a Mare clausum policy during the age of discovery. |
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The map was made for the rulers of Venice and Portugal, two of the main seafaring nations of the time. |
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In 1951, Portugal changed Cape Verde's status from a colony to an overseas province in an attempt to blunt growing nationalism. |
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Following the April 1974 revolution in Portugal, the PAIGC became an active political movement in Cape Verde. |
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In December 1974, the PAIGC and Portugal signed an agreement providing for a transitional government composed of Portuguese and Cape Verdeans. |
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Creole has been gaining prestige since the nation's independence from Portugal. |
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Cape Verdean social and cultural patterns are similar to those of rural Portugal. |
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In Portugal, de Noli became engaged in Ultramar explorations by Henry the Navigator. |
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Cadamosto, Usodimare and the unnamed Portuguese captain set sail back to Portugal. |
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In 1469, King Afonso V of Portugal granted him the monopoly of trade in the Gulf of Guinea. |
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He was among a number of navigators who explored the Gulf of Guinea during this period on behalf of King Afonso V of Portugal. |
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The large enslaved population also proved difficult to oppress, with Portugal unable to invest many resources in the effort. |
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Although Portugal officially abolished slavery in 1876, the practice of forced paid labour continued. |
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In 1481, King John II of Portugal commissioned Diogo d'Azambuja to build Elmina Castle, which was completed in three years. |
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In 1473, he married Leonor of Viseu, an infanta of Portugal and his first cousin. |
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The oldest daughter, Isabella of Aragon, had been married to Afonso, Prince of Portugal, since childhood. |
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Trade between Elmina and Portugal grew throughout the decade following the establishment of the trading post under Gomes. |
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Both teams like to wait, Wales without the ball, Portugal in fussicky possession. |
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Between 1325 and 1357 Afonso IV of Portugal encouraged maritime commerce and ordered the first explorations. |
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Twice before, in 1485 and 1488, Columbus had presented the project to king John II of Portugal, who rejected it. |
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It did not mention Portugal, which could not claim newly discovered lands east of the line. |
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Since it was east of the dividing line, he claimed it for Portugal and this was respected by the Spanish. |
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Twice, in 1485 and 1488, Portugal officially rejected Christopher Columbus's idea of reaching India by sailing westwards. |
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In 1511, Afonso de Albuquerque conquered Malacca for Portugal, then the centre of Asian trade. |
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Between 1525 and 1528 Portugal sent several expeditions around the Maluku Islands. |
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This included vast directions on how to navigate between Portugal and the East Indies and to Japan. |
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The peninsula is principally divided between Portugal and Spain, comprising most of their territory. |
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The Tagus is the longest river in the peninsula and, like the Douro, flows westwards with its lower course in Portugal. |
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The Guadiana bends southwards and forms the border between Spain and Portugal in the last stretch of its course. |
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In Portugal, the Aveiro Lagoon hosts Recurvirostra avosetta, the common ringed plover, grey plover and little stint. |
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Lancastrian cognatic descent from John of Gaunt and Blanche's daughter Phillipa continued in the royal houses of Spain and Portugal. |
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During the 15th century, Castile and Portugal became territorial and commercial rivals in the western Atlantic. |
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Castile was already engaged in a race of exploration with Portugal to reach the Far East by sea when Columbus made his bold proposal to Isabella. |
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The Spanish princes married the heirs of Portugal, England and the House of Habsburg. |
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Portugal required an extensive occupation force to keep it under control, and Spain was still reeling from the 1576 bankruptcy. |
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Portugal had rebelled in 1640 under the leadership of John of Braganza, a pretender to the throne. |
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A severe storm off the coast of Portugal separated Tiger from the rest of the fleet. |
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The joining of the two crowns deprived Portugal of a separate foreign policy, with King Phillip II's enemies becoming Portugal's enemies as well. |
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Portugal had been helped by France, but in the Treaty of the Pyrenees in 1659 Portugal was abandoned by its French ally. |
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Senior ministers Pombal in Portugal and Struensee in Denmark also governed according to Enlightenment ideals. |
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There, they competed for trade supremacy with Portugal and with each other. |
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A Second Coalition formed in 1798 by Great Britain, Austria, Naples, the Ottoman Empire, the Papal States, Portugal, Russia, and Sweden. |
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The Iberian conflict began when Portugal continued trade with Britain despite French restrictions. |
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The Napoleonic wars also played a key role in the independence of the Latin American colonies from Spain and Portugal. |
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He decided to focus his attention on the Kingdom of Portugal, which consistently violated his trade prohibitions. |
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Unhappy with this change of policy by the Portuguese government, Napoleon sent an army to invade Portugal. |
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Heartened by France's loss in Russia, Prussia joined with Austria, Sweden, Russia, Great Britain, Spain, and Portugal in a new coalition. |
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Wellesley submitted a memorandum to Lord Castlereagh on the defence of Portugal. |
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Castlereagh and the cabinet approved the memo, appointed him head of all British forces in Portugal. |
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With Portugal secured, Wellesley advanced into Spain to unite with General Cuesta's forces. |
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In the aftermath Marshal Soult's army was discovered to be advancing south, threatening to cut Wellesley off from Portugal. |
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British opinion both at home and in the army was negative and there were suggestions that they must evacuate Portugal. |
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Wellesley withdrew his army and, joined with the smaller corps commanded by Rowland Hill, began to retreat to Portugal. |
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In 1916, Montenegro capitulated and left the Entente, and two nations joined, Portugal and Romania. |
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European route E01 runs from Larne through the island of Ireland, Spain and Portugal to Seville. |
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On 10 March 1526, Charles married his first cousin Isabella of Portugal, sister of John III of Portugal, in Seville. |
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The Rite of Braga is used, but since 18 November 1971 only on an optional basis, in the Archdiocese of Braga in northern Portugal. |
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The usage is essentially the same in Italy, Spain and Portugal, as well as the former Austrian Empire. |
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In terms of shipping advances, the most important developments were the creation of the carrack and caravel designs in Portugal. |
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What is now called Latin America, a designation that came into usage in the later nineteenth century, was claimed by Spain and Portugal. |
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Even outside the convent her actions were governed by the strict etiquette of the royal court of Portugal. |
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She finally returned to Portugal in March 1699, where she took care of and mentored her nephew, Prince John. |
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For supporters, she used the crowned lion of England on the dexter side, and on the sinister, the wyvern Vert of Portugal. |
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An advertisement in The Guardian led Rowling to move to Porto, Portugal, to teach English as a foreign language. |
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In April the filmmakers went to Portugal, where principal photography wrapped in May. |
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The founding members were Italy, Romania, Netherlands, Portugal, Czechoslovakia, and Sweden. |
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The team finished fourth in their qualifying group behind Italy, Switzerland and Portugal. |
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Portugal would not qualify again until 1986, while North Korea's next appearance was at the 2010 tournament. |
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Portugal appeared in the finals for the first time, and made quite an impact. |
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In the Euro 2012, Germany was placed in group B along with Portugal, Netherlands, and Denmark. |
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The draw for the 2014 FIFA World Cup finals placed Germany in Group G, with Portugal, Ghana, and United States. |
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The Lotus 97T was another solid achiever with de Angelis winning at Imola and Senna in Portugal and Belgium. |
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This species grows in the Mediterranean Sea region, with Portugal, Spain, Algeria, and Morocco producing most of the world's supply. |
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In 2010, fears of a sovereign debt crisis developed concerning some countries in Europe, especially Greece, Ireland, Spain, and Portugal. |
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There is also the student festivals of Queima das Fitas are major events in a number of cities across Portugal. |
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Portuguese, in its original homeland, Portugal, is spoken by virtually the entire population of 10 million. |
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In Portugal, vowels before a nasal consonant have become denasalized, but in Brazil they remain heavily nasalized. |
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Subsequent military clashes between China and Portugal, however, led to the expulsion of all Portuguese merchants from southern China. |
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In 1916, Portugal passed a law which automatically denaturalized all citizens born to a German father. |
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Finland, Norway, Sweden and Portugal did not participate in the 1970 Contest as a protest against the results of the previous year. |
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The country that has participated the longest without any win is Portugal, which made its debut in 1964 and has never finished in the top five. |
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It included the five Treaty of Brussels states plus the United States, Canada, Portugal, Italy, Norway, Denmark and Iceland. |
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In 1701, England, Portugal and the Netherlands sided with the Holy Roman Empire against Spain and France in the War of the Spanish Succession. |
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Reformation did not succeed in Portugal, as similar reasons to Spain prevented it from spreading. |
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After the union, Portugal came under Spanish legislation that prohibited it from directly engaging in the slave trade as a carrier. |
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He requests the King of Portugal to stop sending merchandise but should only send missionaries. |
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In Britain, America, Portugal and in parts of Europe, opposition developed against the slave trade. |
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In 1870 Portugal ended the last trade route with the Americas where the last country to import slaves was Brazil. |
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In 1815, at the Council of Vienna, Spain, Portugal, France, and the Netherlands also agreed to abolish their slave trade. |
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The original members were Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain. |
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It included the five Treaty of Brussels states, as well as the United States, Canada, Portugal, Italy, Norway, Denmark and Iceland. |
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The other five of which were Austria, Denmark, Portugal, Sweden and the United Kingdom. |
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The founding members of the EFTA were Austria, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. |
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The culinary influences include those from Malta, Genoa, Portugal, Andalusia and Britain. |
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The leader of the national emancipation process was the Portuguese prince Pedro I, elder son of the king of Portugal. |
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Denmark, Finland, France, the Netherlands, and Portugal are federacies, meaning some regions have autonomy but most do not. |
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Garcia de Moguer died the same year on the return trip to Portugal in the Indian Ocean, off the South African coast. |
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Transfer of colonial possessions between Great Britain, France, Spain, and Portugal. |
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The involvement of Portugal, Spain and Sweden did not return them to their former status as great powers. |
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Spain, aided by the French, launched an invasion of Portugal and succeeded in capturing Almeida. |
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According to the CIA World Factbook, from 2010 to 2011, the unemployment rates in Spain, Greece, Italy, Ireland, Portugal, and the UK increased. |
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As of late 2016, it is available to passengers flying with Aer Lingus, Air Europa, EasyJet, Norwegian Air Shuttle, TAP Portugal and WOW air. |
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He had made an evangelistic tour of Spain in 1838 and after 1869 the work expanded in Barcelona and Madrid and also in Portugal. |
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Portugal and Spain, two of the greatest naval powers of the time, took the lead in exploring the world. |
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In conclusion, he transports his wealth overland to England from Portugal to avoid travelling by sea. |
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In July and August 2002, Radiohead toured Portugal and Spain, playing a number of new songs. |
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Sculpture on the Discoveries Age and Portuguese navigators in Lisbon, Portugal. |
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Between 1975 and 1977, over a million colonials returned to Portugal alone. |
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But Portugal exercises sovereignty over the Savage Islands, a small archipelago north of the Canaries, claiming an EEZ border further south. |
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In 1815, the colony was elevated to the rank of kingdom upon the formation of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves. |
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There are about 80 nationalities, being the most representative from Italy, Portugal, Lebanon, China, Paraguay and Argentina. |
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It is not split evenly between the two countries, a greater share of it situated in Portugal. |
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It is the third longest bridge in Portugal and one of the longest in Spain. |
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In the 1960s Portugal and Spain conducted studies to determine if a bridge in the area was possible. |
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Portugal's maritime borders, also known as the Exclusive economic zone of Portugal is currently disputed by Spain in the Savage Islands area. |
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This treaty established the border between Portugal and Spain which is one of the oldest borders in Europe. |
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It is now being taught and promoted with the help of Brazil, Portugal, and the Community of Portuguese Language Countries. |
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East Timorese cuisine has influences from Southeast Asian foods and from Portuguese dishes from its colonisation by Portugal. |
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Parts of the northern Iberian Peninsula, namely Galicia, Cantabria, Asturias and Northern Portugal, also lay claim to this heritage. |
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It breeds from Spain and Portugal east into central Europe and Ukraine, north to southern Sweden, Latvia and the UK, and south to southern Italy. |
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In April 1809 the 1st Battalion made their way to the Iberian Peninsula where they were to take part in the Peninsular War in Portugal and Spain. |
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Celtic thus became the first British team, and the first from outside Spain, Portugal and Italy to win the competition. |
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Megalithic tombs are found from the Mediterranean Sea, Baltic Sea and North Sea coasts south to Spain and Portugal. |
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Significant deposits are located in Australia, China, Ireland, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, Russia, and the United States. |
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Traders sailed along the coast to Bristol and Ireland and further afield to France, Spain and Portugal. |
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Lawrence through Greenland and the coast of Ireland down to Portugal, as well as in the high Arctic islands. |
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Other countries that eat a lot of hake include France, Italy, and Portugal. |
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The majority of international flights are to Spain, Greece, Ireland, UK domestic, Germany, Italy, Portugal, and the Netherlands. |
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Other DTT deployments in operation around that time also went bust, most particularly in the UK, Spain and Portugal. |
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Daman and Diu is a union territory of India which, like Goa, was a former colonial possession of Portugal. |
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Goodbye to the Island was released in 1981, recorded in the Algarve, Portugal. |
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Subsequently, there have been two more sightings in Benderlau, La Gomera and some other observations were reported in Portugal and Galicia. |
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Vincent in southwest Portugal to Casablanca, Morocco, and on the east by the Straight of Gibraltar. |
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The Vandals had already invaded parts of Roman France, Spain, and Portugal, asserting themselves as an important power in Western Europe. |
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From the 14th century onward, numerous visits were made by sailors from Majorca, Portugal and Genoa. |
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So Canarian time is one hour behind that of mainland Spain and the same as that of the UK, Ireland and Portugal all year round. |
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Madeira is the second richest region of Portugal by GDP per capita, only surpassed by Lisbon. |
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On 1 July 1976, following the democratic revolution of 1974, Portugal granted political autonomy to Madeira, celebrated on Madeira Day. |
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Launched in 1872 it was the first soft drink to be produced in Portugal, and remains very popular to the present day. |
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He stated that the Portuguese explored the area and claimed it for Portugal. |
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They were joined by numerous former colonial subjects from North and West Africa, as well as numerous immigrants from Spain and Portugal. |
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In 1807, a secret treaty between Napoleon and the unpopular prime minister led to a new declaration of war against Britain and Portugal. |
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Napoleon's troops entered the country to invade Portugal but instead occupied Spain's major fortresses. |
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Another claim by Spain is about the Savage Islands, a claim not recognised by Portugal. |
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Portugal considers the territory to be a single concelho and its freguesias to be part of the historical Portuguese mainland territory. |
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The territory of modern Portugal has been continuously settled, invaded and fought over since prehistoric times. |
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Portugal monopolized the spice trade during this time, and the empire expanded with military campaigns in Asia. |
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Portugal has left a profound cultural and architectural influence across the globe and a legacy of over 250 million Portuguese speakers today. |
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