Catherine de Braganza

Catherine de Braganza

Catherine de Braganza, whose marriage treaty with Charles II of England placed Bombay in the possession of the British Empire

Bombay or Bambaim

Bom Baim A widespread popular etymology of Bombay holds that it was derived from a Portuguese name meaning “good bay”. This is based on the facts that bom is Portuguese for “good” and baía (or the archaic spelling bahia) means “bay”. However, this literal translation would have been incorrect ingrammatical gender, as bom is masculine, while baia is feminine; a correct Portuguese rendering of “good bay” would be boa [...]

St. John the Baptist Church, Andheri – India

St. John the Baptist Church, Andheri – India

Ruins of St. John the Baptist Church in Andheri, built by the Portuguese Jesuits in 1579.  

Macau, Sao Paulo Cathedral

Macau, Sao Paulo Cathedral

Nagazaki, Japan

Nagazaki, Japan

Nagasaki  is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan. Nagasaki was founded by the Portuguese in the second half of the 16th century on the site of a small fishing village, formerly part of Nishisonogi District. It became a center of Portuguese and other European peoples’ influence in the 16th through 19th centuries, and the Churches and Christian Sites in Nagasaki have [...]

Brazil, 1500

Brazil, 1500

Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus or Salvador Gonçalves Zarco

Tânger, 1570

Tânger, 1570

Portuguese Tânger 1570, Marocco

Cascais, Guincho Beach

Cascais, Guincho Beach

Beach, Costa Vicentina

Beach, Costa Vicentina
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