Portugese

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1415, the Portuguese expedition captured a town named Centua in Morocco
===1441 A Portuguese expedition led by Nuno Tristao and Antao Goncalves reach Cabo Blanco. The first African slaves from Rio de Oro region are captured. ===

1500 The second Portuguese expedition to India sails too far and lands on the coast of Brazil.
==1501-02 The Portuguese crown sets up a royal monopoly over the Brazilian coast. The Portuguese government profit by licensing traders to obtain logs from the indigenous inhabitants and sell them in Europe.==

1630 A large Dutch force attacks Recife in Northern Brazil. Despite Portuguese resistance, the Dutch captures the city.
Works Cited

Newitt, Malyn. A History of Portuguese Overseas Expansion, 1400-1670. New York: Routledge, 1999.

Page, Melvin, and Penny Sonnenberg. Colonialism: An International Social, Cultural, and Political Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2003.

Professor. The Portuguese Empire, 1415-1808: A World on the Move. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998.