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Explain why the Portuguese were the first successful European Explorers

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mrs_skeptik [129]3 years ago

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Portugal, the western-most European country, was one of the primary players in the European Age of Discovery and Exploration. Under the leadership of Prince Henry the Navigator, Portugal took the principal role during most of the fifteenth century in searching for a route to Asia by sailing south around Africa.

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