Trade has fueled the rise of civilizations for millennia,connecting cultures, boosting economies, and spreading ideas across continents. Explore the fascinating history of trade routes, mapping the ...

Subject Moraes, J. A. da Cunha Notes J. A. da Cunha Moraes was one of several Portuguese photographers established in the Portuguese African colonies in the late nineteenth century. Based in Luanda, ...

Books Physical description 226 pages illustrations 25 cm Place Africa, East Africa, Eastern Africa, Southern Portugal Africa Afrique australe Afrique orientale anglophone Southern Africa Data Source ...

Although Portuguese explorers reached West Africa in 1444, Angola in 1483, and Mozambique in 1498, the Portuguese ignored their African territories in the next 400 years save to pull out millions ...

Spreading Chinese goods and prestige, Zheng He commanded seven voyages that established China as Asia's strongest naval power in the 1400s.