History of Portugal for Everyone

SHIP OF GOOD JESUS- Abandoned Treasure Picture 1 - Ship of Good Jesus The ship of Good Jesus that left in 1533 in the reign of D. João III, had as mission to arrive at India, but this never happened and the ship is shipwrecked in the coast of Namibia. It was found by the miners of Namibia on August 22, 2008. Picture 2 - Location Map Namibia, African Continent Inside the ship was discovered a shipment of gold coins which was valued at 11.5 million euros, found personal belongings of sailors (teapot, pot that still today has the last meal cooked by the sailors) , The Portuguese astrolabe and oldest of the world, swords, cannons and finally the remains of these navigators The problem of this Portuguese treasure in Namibia is due to the total abandonment of the interest of the Portuguese Governments, namely have not yet done anything to recover this Portuguese treasure which is an offense and an outrage to the memory of our history and the Portuguese navigato...

The reign of the Spaniards on Portuguese soil for 60 years resulted in an excessive increase of taxes and the lack of protection in relation to the Portuguese colonies that were constantly attacked by the Dutch Meanwhile, during the reign of Philip III of Portugal, a nationalist and patriotic group "The Conjurates" was formed. It consisted of 50 members, whose main objective was to remove the Spanish government from power and restore Independence de Portugal, Was D. João IV duque de Bragança, descendant of direct line with the Portuguese royal family. The Conjurates, usually met in the Almada Palace, now known as the Independence Palace. Picture 1- Independence Palace Picture 2- D. João IV On December 1, 1640, they invaded the Royal Palace in the Paço da Ribeira, Terreiro do Paço, neutralized the German guard of the vice-queen and arrested the Duchess of Mantua, Queen Margherita of Saboia, and shot the secretary Of state of the vice-queen, Miguel de Vasco...

The wished Picture 1- D. Sebastião He ascended the throne on the death of his grandfather D. João III, on June 11, 1557, at the age of three. However, it is his grandmother, Queen D. Catarina, who remained as regent until 1562, a year that gives up the regency and is replaced by the cardinal-infant D. Henrique, brother of King João III It was founded in his reign the city of Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil on January 20, 1565 Some historians consider that D. Sebastião as a Catholic and Portuguese king would be obsessed because he wished ardently to cover himself with Glory in combat against the Muslims, this will blinded him and dragged him to his tragic end, and this was the reason the Led to want to conquer Morocco to the Moors At the age of 24, on June 24, 1578, he left for the Africa campaign, where he wanted to expand Portuguese expansion. The 4 of August of 1578, D. Sebastião dies in the Battle of Alcácer Quibir, with 24 years, nevertheless its companions of war, ...

Massacre of Jews in Portugal D. Manuel was a very religious man, he invested a good part of the country's fortune in churches and convents, as well as sending enough missionaries for the evangelization of the new colonies. Picture 1- King of Portugal- D. Manuel I However the darkest part of his reign came about with the persecution of Jews and Muslims in Portugal to please the Catholic kings of Spain and to fulfill the clauses of his marriage contract with the heiress of Spain, Isabel de Castile, with whom he married in 1497 From this religious political attitude the 1506 Massacre of Lisbon was developed by a multitude of Portuguese Christians who persecuted, raped, tortured and killed hundreds of Jews (more than 4,000) accused of being the cause of a drought, famine and plague in the country This event took place before the beginning of the Inquisition in Portugal and 9 years after the forced conversion of the Jews into new Christians. This massacre lasted 3 ...

JAPAN The Portuguese navigators António da Mota and António Peixoto and Francisco Zeimoto will have arrived for the first time in Japan Picture 1- Map of Japan Picture 2- Arrival of the Portuguese to Japan It is known that the first Portuguese to contact Japan will have been merchants and adventurers who were exploring Portuguese India and China, one of these men could indeed have been Francisco Zeimoto. Francisco and his colleagues António da Mota and António Peixoto will have finally arrived in Japan on September 23, 1543, and this contact was reported by the chronicler Fernão Mendes Pinto and according to this the island of Tanegashima was the first place visited by the Portuguese that frightened Its inhabitants with their reports, customs and clear with the novelty of the art of arms. Picture 3- Map of  Tanegashima Island Picture 4- Island of Tanegashima Francisco Zeimoto offered the governor of the island his weapon and demonstra...

Australia and New Zealand The Portuguese explorer, Cristóvão Mendonça in 1521 departs from Malacca on an expedition to discover the golden islands, located south of East India, but ends up discovering Australia and New Zealand Picture 1- Cristóvão Mendonça The trip to Australia was kept secret because this territory did not belong to Portugal, according to what was stipulated in the Treaty of Tordesilhas. Reason why there is no documentary evidence of the Portuguese discovery to Australia Picture 2- Map of  Australia and New Zealand In a publication in the Australian newspaper "The Sydney Morning Herald" on 19 March 2007 journalist Peter Trickett confirms the veracity of the Portuguese presence on Australian soil, since according to a study of this journalist on a world map or map of Dieppe, Mundi that were produced in the city of Dieppe, France, in the sixteenth century based on the Portuguese maps) we can see that on the coast lestes and south Austr...

Fernão de Magalhães Picture 1- Fernão de Magalhães It was a Portuguese navigator who stood out for being the 1st to make the first circumnavigation trip (the 1st trip around the world) In 1517 he leaves for Seville and decides to help Spain to reach the Moluccas to the West, by seas not reserved to the Portuguese as it was conceived in the Treaty of Tordesilhas. His voyage back to the world performed in the service of the King of Spain, Charles V. Its journey begins then in the year of 1519 until 1522 It was the first to reach the land of Fire in the extreme south of the American continent, and reached the Magellan Strait (a navigable passage of 600 km south of South America) crosses the Pacific Ocean - name attributed by Fernão de Magalhães - to think that This ocean was more Pacific than the Atlantic Ocean Picture 2-  Map of Terra de Fogo, reached by Fernão de Magalhães, located South in South America Picture 3-  Strait of Magellan, name giv...