A remarkable 500-year-old Portuguese shipwreck, known as the Bom Jesus, ... The Bom Jesus was part of the larger Portuguese maritime trade route, connecting Europe, Africa, and Asia.

The trade began with Portuguese and Spanish traders capturing African people. They transporting them to the American colonies which they had conquered in the 15th Century.

According to experts, the ship may have sunk near Lisbon after returning from India with spices and other goods between 1575 and 1625, when Portugal's spice trade with India was at its height.

This was the starting point for Portuguese trade in the Indian Ocean. Da Gama made four journeys to the Indian Ocean throughout his life. The last, in 1524, featured an armada of 20 ships ...

Since the Portuguese had previously established trade routes with feudal Japan, much of the Catholic clergy there can speak both Portuguese and Japanese.

Africans and Luso-Africans in the Portuguese slave trade on the Upper Guinea coast in the early seventeenth century / Linda A. Newson Smithsonian Libraries and Archives. Object Details Author Newson, ...