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<p>[QUOTE="Hiddendragon, post: 3298492, member: 25270"]I love both Portuguese coins and history. Exploration and colonization is one of my favorite areas of history, and Portugal's contributions are huge, if not well known today. In fact, Portugal claimed so much land over such a vast footprint that it didn't actually have the manpower to colonize and exploit it all, being a small and not well populated country. For this reason, Portuguese ships were often crewed with foreign sailors, who would take their knowledge back to their home countries or other countries and often end up encroaching on Portuguese territory. </p><p><br /></p><p>It's kind of funny in a way when you read about the early voyages down the coast of Africa. Almost without fail they'd set out with high expectations, and then after not very long at all the crew would become convinced they were all going to die and mutiny and force the ship back to port. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some relevant coins from my collection. </p><p><br /></p><p>Pedro Alvarez Cabral, early explorer.</p><p>Vasco de Gama</p><p>De Gama again</p><p>Discovery of India</p><p>Prince Henry</p><p>And the Treaty of Tordesillas, which divided the world between Portugal and Spain. Most of these are from a series from the mid to late 90s commemorating the feats of Portuguese exploration. There were four a year and I believe I have them all. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]873306[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]873307[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]873309[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]873310[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]873311[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]873312[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Hiddendragon, post: 3298492, member: 25270"]I love both Portuguese coins and history. Exploration and colonization is one of my favorite areas of history, and Portugal's contributions are huge, if not well known today. In fact, Portugal claimed so much land over such a vast footprint that it didn't actually have the manpower to colonize and exploit it all, being a small and not well populated country. For this reason, Portuguese ships were often crewed with foreign sailors, who would take their knowledge back to their home countries or other countries and often end up encroaching on Portuguese territory. It's kind of funny in a way when you read about the early voyages down the coast of Africa. Almost without fail they'd set out with high expectations, and then after not very long at all the crew would become convinced they were all going to die and mutiny and force the ship back to port. Here are some relevant coins from my collection. Pedro Alvarez Cabral, early explorer. Vasco de Gama De Gama again Discovery of India Prince Henry And the Treaty of Tordesillas, which divided the world between Portugal and Spain. Most of these are from a series from the mid to late 90s commemorating the feats of Portuguese exploration. There were four a year and I believe I have them all. [ATTACH=full]873306[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]873307[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]873309[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]873310[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]873311[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]873312[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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