📍Mapping Empire: Portugal’s Age of Discovery in Ink and Ink

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For the #PortugueseEmpire to rise, an old world had to give way. How much did they know about the #Mamluk Sultanate?

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For the #Portugueseempire to rise, an old world had to give way. Rivals in Europe’s lucrative spice trade, how much did they know about the powerful Mamluk sultanate?

⌛️ Last chance to read this archive article for free

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Built in 1772, the lighthouse stands near the westernmost point of continental Europe atop a cliff 143m (462') over the Atlantic Ocean. It was one of six lighthouses whose construction was ordered by Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, the despotic de facto ruler of the #PortugueseEmpire, in 1758.

Portugal had almost nothing to trade—just salt, wine, dried fish. So it turned to Africa for gold and captives to survive Castile’s threat. Empire wasn’t ambition—it was desperation. #BornInBlackness #PortugueseEmpire