BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A Maine City Council is scheduled to discuss a proposal from the Penobscot Nation to remove a controversial monument that memorializes a Portuguese explorer who abducted Native ...
Researchers think the wreck was part of a flotilla that accompanied the Portuguese explorer's final voyage. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...
Ferdinand Magellan's ambitious 1519 voyage, funded by Spain, aimed to find a western route to the Spice Islands. Despite ...
The Portuguese fortification of Mazagan, now part of the city of El Jadida, 90-km southwest of Casablanca, was built as a fortified colony on the Atlantic coast in the early 16th century. It was taken ...
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When Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan circumnavigated the globe 500 years ago, he made history. Now in New Bedford, visitors can board a replica of the Nao Trinidad, a 16th-century tall ship ...
Archaeologists from the Center for Historic Shipwreck Preservation discovered a 1721 shipwreck off the coast of Madagascar. The Portuguese ship was overtaken by pirates in a known piracy region. The ...