The Age of Exploration is considered to have occurred mostly with four European nations, which included: Portugal, Spain, France and England. Each of these countries experienced the same forces that pushed them to explore the world, but they also shared one important characteristic.
Q. What European country sent explorers along the southern coast of Africa?
In the early 1400s, Prince Henry of Portugal, known as Henry the Navigator, sent ships south along the African coast looking for a way around the continent.
Q. Who were the first Europeans to explore the southern coast of Africa?
Portuguese
Q. Where did Portugal explore?
During the 15th and 16th centuries, Portuguese explorers were at the forefront of European overseas exploration, which led them to reach India, establish multiple trading posts in Asia and Africa, and settle what would become Brazil, creating one of the most powerful empires.
Q. Why did Portugal explore first?
Under the leadership of Prince Henry the Navigator, Portugal took the principal role during most of the fifteenth century in searching for a route to Asia by sailing south around Africa. In the process, the Portuguese accumulated a wealth of knowledge about navigation and the geography of the Atlantic Ocean.
Q. Who is known as the first man of India?
Rajendra Prasad, the first president of India, is the only person to have held office for two terms.
Q. Which thing is first in India?
Here are 20 things you did not know were introduced to the world by India.
- India gave the world its first university – Takshashila University.
- India gave the world the numeral, Zero.
- The game of C hess originated in India.
- Indians were the first ones to use and invent buttons.
- Shampoo originated from India.
Q. Who was the greatest explorer ever?
After hobnobbing with astronauts and pre-eminent world adventurers, I felt compelled to learn about the eleven greatest explorers of all:
- Marco Polo.
- Magellan.
- Captain Cook.
- Richard Francis Burton.
- Nelly Bly.
- Ibn Battuta.
Q. Who was a famous explorer?
Famous European explorers included Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan, Vasco de Gama, Sir Francis Drake, Sir Walter Raleigh, Hernando Cortes, John Cabot and Samuel de Champlain!
Q. Who is the most famous adventurer?
Bold Souls: 12 Most Inspiring Adventurers Of All Time
- Roald Amundsen. The Norwegian explorer was a prominent figure of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, as he was the first to navigate the Northwest Passage in 1906.
- Jacque Cousteau.
- Steve Fossett.
- Yuri Gagarin.
- Dale A.
- Hugh Glass.
- Bear Grylls.
- Edmund Hillary.
