Portugal's voyages of discovery turned the ... trading in pepper from Malacca, silks from China and silver from Japan. Chinese porcelain (a 16th-century bottle, mounted in England c.

We must remember that in the 16th century, Portugal was a rival of Spain in the so-called “Age of Discovery and Exploration.” Malacca was under Portugal from 1511 to 1614, while Macao was so ...

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What you are saying is that, due to the change in American foreign policy, it is less likely that Portugal will replace the F-16s with an American aircraft? “The world has already changed.