Portugal
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...stronghold in the Serra da Estrela. Under Viriatus...Manuel I (1495 1521), Vasco da Gama sailed (1497 98) to India...extended across the world, to Asia, Africa, and America...through trade with East Asia, but foreign competition...