Portugal: the age of sail to boot record (Photos)

����A Portugal and the age of sail

To explore the great navigation era, Portugal is undoubtedly the best choice. And the Portuguese chat, most of them take it as a great honour is found great navigation and geography, the Portuguese still revel in the glory, they often say "we give the world a new world". In fifteenth Century to nineteenth Century "the age of sail, Portugal as" daring vanguard.

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Our taxi driver Roger way in telling us, how the king of Portugal are focusing on the development of the shipping industry, as traditional national policy, with the power to ensure implementation. For example, before and after 1420, Prince Henrik set up an observatory and a navigation school at Sagres Peninsula, training a large number of skilled sailors for portugal. In 1375, the Portuguese Keleisikui son drawingEuropeThe most complete and most accurate map of the world "gattaran map"; in 1498, the famous Portuguese navigator Da Gama led a fleet arrived in Cape of Good Hope aroundIndiaThe Portuguese opened the prelude, the rise of great powers, as fromAsiaEnormous benefit everfount silk trade spice and a number of new routes continues to develop, the Portuguese began the golden age of nearly a hundred years come, Lisbon has become one of the most prosperous city in europe. In 1522, the Portuguese Magellan first voyage around the world, proved that the earth is round -- the historical Roger are familiar, Weiweidaolai; visible age of sail to the deep imprint.

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����B Belem Tower and St. Jerome sent to the monastery

Located in the TayoHebeiBank of the Belem Tower is the symbol of Lisbon city, and near St. Jerome sent to the monastery was listed as a UNESCO world cultural heritage protect the cultural relics. The imposing St. Jerome sent to the monastery, founded in 1502, is the largest church in portugal. HSE famous sea Explorer Dagama and the poet Lewis. A part of the monastery is open to become Portugal national maritime museum, exhibition of ancient times navigation apparatus, cannon, the ship model and the navigation map, and even came from China's compass navigation of precious cultural relics. Especially the hundreds of various simulation fine ship model display, from a light wooden sailboat to modern cruiser, without it, attracted me the most is the steam engine appeared in front of the wind age of sail, as if returned to that of Gama, Magellan, give birth to a multitude of heroes of the era of big.

The Belem Tower was built in the early sixteenth Century, has been used as a guardian of the Lisbon castle and fortress. There is a tall sailing monument beside Belem Tower, the shape is a gathered the ships sail soon competed, sail is Prince Henrik with 3 ships set sail and a group of followers of the statue of navigation. The most interesting is the square ground colorDaliStone mosaic world nautical chart. Walk in the above, can not help reminiscent of adventure yesterday, thinking about today, marine resource pattern.

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