WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Portuguese also traded these slaves, introducing much-needed human capital to other European nations. In the following years, as European exploration spread, slavery spread as well.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Age of Exploration began in the nation of Portugal under the leadership of Henry the Navigator.

Detailed explanation-3: -When King Philip II of Spain (Philip I of Portugal) seized the Portuguese crown in 1580 there began a 60-year union between Spain and Portugal known to subsequent historiography as the Iberian Union.

Detailed explanation-4: -They were looking for something new and different, and they were ready to push beyond Europe to find it. The world was opening up, and people were realizing how big it really was. There were new places to explore, room to spread out, and cultures and economies to discover and even control.

Detailed explanation-5: -Portugal’s colonies in Africa include Angola, Mozambique, Guinea, the Cape Verde Islands off the coast of Mauritania-Senegal, and Sao Tome and Principe, islands in the Gulf of Guinea.

Detailed explanation-6: -Access to commodities such as fabrics, spices, and gold motivated a European quest for a faster means to reach South Asia. It was this search that led the Portuguese down the coast of West Africa to Sierra Leone in 1460.