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THE SPANISH AND THE PORTUGUESE CONNECTED THE PLANET

Oceans Men and Seas
6,000 Years of Fascinating Adventure

Ch. 3: Portuguese Transoceanic Expeditions
Ch. 4: Spanish Transoceanic Expeditions

 

 Chapter III: PORTUGUESE TRANSOCEANIC EXPEDITIONS

Around the middle of the fifteenth century, Portugal initiates an expansion Suoth-Eastwards streaching out to India. The steady advance of the Portuguese down the African coasts extending to the Indian Ocean and China.

This chapter's contributors:

JOSE M. DA SILVA, Historian, Historian

JOSE FERNANDES MARTINS E SILVA, , General of the Portuguese Navy ,

CLAUDIO MANUEL BUGHALHO SEMED Botánico

Chapter IV: SPANISH TRANSOCEANIC EXPEDITIONS "

Spain promoted and undertook the first transoceanic navigations which united the whole planet from East to West. Do you know which Spanish pilot was the proto-discoverer of America?

This chapter's contributors::

MANUEL BALLESTEROS GAIBROIS, Historian

JOSE MĒ DE SEGOVIA AZCARATE, , Historian

IGNACIO FERNANDEZ VIAL,, Naval Architect

JESUS GARCIA DEL VALLE-GOMEZ, , Industrial Engineer

HUGO O'DONNELL Y DUQUE DE ESTRADA, , Historian

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