#Age of empires portuguese series

Many slaves brought from Africa were brought to the Americas which was claimed to be found by Christopher Columbus himself. He then explored the Pacific world for another year and died in a fight with the Hawaiians.Д®ffects of the Age of Discovery Captain Cook claimed these lands for Britain. The first, was modern New Zealand the second was Australia. Then he sailed west and found a bigger piece of land. In 1778, Captain James Cook of Britain sailed across the South Pacific Ocean looking for a mysterious continent in the Southern Hemisphere. With help from the French, Dutch and Spanish, they defeated Britain in the American Revolution.Д®xploration of the Southern Pacific Ocean However, in 1776, thirteen colonies of British America declared independence. By 1763, the British Empire had become the second global empire after Spain. They seized power in the Indian Ocean and defeated the Dutch navy.

The British took the former land of French Canada and India in the 18th century.

#Age of empires portuguese series

These three new great powers also had influence all around the world.Д®ventually, the result was a series of wars that were fought both in Europe and overseas, with Britain emerging victorious. The Dutch colonized smaller parts of the Americas, took the former Portuguese trading centers around the Indian Ocean, and conquered Indonesia. Britain and France held land in North America, in India and other distant places. In the next two centuries, the world became a battlefield of the three nations. These three nations emerged as the main winners of the wars and became major powers like Spain and Portugal. In the 17th century, political and religious wars with Britain, France, and the Netherlands weakened the Iberian Peninsula. The survivors were the first ever to sail all the way around the world.Д«ritain, France, and the Netherlands In 1522 the fleet of Ferdinand Magellan returned to Spain. When Spain and Portugal were united under King Philip II of Spain, their combined empire was the largest on earth. They eventually developed a vast colonial empire, in contrast to the Portuguese who ruled a few islands and coastal cities along the Indian Ocean. The Spanish concentrated on conquest, unlike the Portuguese who focused on trading. In the 16th century, Spanish conquistadores gained the whole of what later became Latin America, except some British and French colonies in northeastern South America, and Brazil, which belonged to Portugal. Later, some Spanish sailors found out that this land was a different continent than Asia. Instead of going south along the west coast of Africa, Columbus sailed across the Atlantic Ocean. In a hurry to compete with Portugal for a colonial empire, Spain sent Christopher Columbus to the opposite route of the Portuguese. Further information: Portuguese Empire Spanish Empire