Salazar’s persona united the holy trinity of Portugal’s fascist regime, the “Estado Novo” (“New State”). From 1932 to 1968, he ruled over an empire backed by the Catholic church and ...

H igh on the cliffs above the Cuanza River in Angola, the fortress of Cambambe is a crumbling but imposing remnant of Portuguese colonial ambition. Built in 1604, this stone bastion played a ...

There was a time when the old Portuguese Empire encompassed colonies in both West Africa and East Africa. In terms of South African engagement, being adjacent to both of the regional colonial outposts ...

Dan tells the epic story of Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama, whose daring voyages at the turn of the 16th century laid the foundations for the Portuguese Empire. From navigating treacherous ...

And he wrote Os Lusíadas, which is the epic poem of the Portuguese Empire. It’s equivalent to the Odyssey or the Iliad, but of the Luso world in the Age of Exploration. ...

Dan Snow’s History Hit. Vasco da Gama and the Rise of the Portuguese Empire. Dan tells the story of Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama who changed the world in 1499.