"antimeridian" - 1 õppematerjal

Kodutöö word variant 9 teema 19

Ten years later, Afonso de Albuquerque conquered Goa in India, Ormuz in the Persian Strait, and Malacca, now a state in Malaysia. Thus, the Portuguese empire held dominion over commerce in the Indian Ocean and South Atlantic. The Portuguese sailors set out to reach Eastern Asia by sailing eastward from Europe landing in such places as Taiwan, Japan, and the island of Timor. The Treaty of Zaragoza, signed on 22 April 1529 between Portugal and Spain, specified the antimeridian to the line of demarcation specified in the Treaty of Tordesillas. All these facts made Portugal the world's major economic, military, and political power from the 15th century to the beginning of the 16th century. IBERIAN UNION AND RESTORATION Portugal's sovereignty was interrupted between 1580 and 1640. This occurred because the last two kings of the House of Aviz ­ King Sebastian, who died in the battle of Alcácer Quibir