Free Download The Dramatic Rise and Fall of the Portuguese Empire: The History and Legacy of Portugal's Mercantile Empire across the World (Audiobook)
English | ISBN: 9798868739149 | 2023 | 4 hours and 24 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 243 MB
Author: Charles River Editors
Narrator: Victoria Woodson
Trade was able to increase in Europe around the world due to more effective ships being introduced, and some of the improvements that were made to the ships were first introduced by the Chinese. The introduction of multiple mast ships and the sternpost rudders allowed the ships to travel quicker and be more maneuverable. By the start of the 15th century, ships were now much larger and able to support long distance travel with a minimum number of crew aboard. With that, the Portuguese started exploring the west coast of Africa and the Atlantic under orders from Prince Henry the Navigator. At this point, Europeans had not yet been capable of navigating completely around Africa since the ships being built were not yet fully capable of being able to sail very far from the coast and navigation in open waters was difficult, but the Portuguese continued pushing down the western African coast looking for ways to bypass the Ottomans and Muslims of Africa who had been making overland trade routes difficult.