RAS Global AffairsЛатинская Америка Latinskaia Amerika

  • ISSN (Print) 0044748X
  • ISSN (Online) 3034-557X

First Attempt to establish a Portuguese settlement in North America in the 1520s

PII
S0044748X0000619-9-1
DOI
10.7868/S0000619-9-1
Publication type
Article
Status
Published
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Volume/ Edition
Volume / Issue 8
Pages
66-76
Abstract
This is a last part of the series of articles on Portuguese expansion in North America during the era of Great Discoveries. The article is devoted to the events of the 1520s as well as to the first attempt to create a permanent Portuguese settlement on the territory of present day Canadian Atlantic Provinces. Special attention is given to expeditions and activity of Joao Fagundes who was of one of the leading organizers of this enterprise. It also analyses the reasons of the failure of the Portuguese colony and the reasons of the general decrease of Portuguese colonial activity in this region.
Keywords
Joao Fagundes, expeditions, colonization, fishing, Portugal, Canada
Date of publication
01.08.2012
Year of publication
2012
Number of purchasers
1
Views
1025

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