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While the Spanish discovered America by trying to reach India from the west, the Portuguese managed to circumnavigate Africa to trade in the Indian Ocean. They seized an entire network of trading posts by force of cannon, from Sofala in Africa to Macao in China. The Treaty of Tordesillas also allowed them to begin their colonization of Brazil. Link to the complete playlist: • The History of the World during the Renaissance... Visit the author's website: https://ptolemee.net Receive the Chronicles of Herodote.net (free): https://bit.ly/3BPPoLS