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IMPERIAL PORTUGAL: 1488 to 1910 |  |
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IMPERIAL PORTUGAL: 1488 to 1910 | |
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| 1488 | Portuguese Bartholomeu Dias first to round Cape of Good Hope | |
| 1498 | Portuguese Vasco de Gama reaches India by sea | |
| 1500 | Pedro Cabral claims Brazil for Portugal | |
| 1510 | Portuguese trading empire established at Goa, India | |
| 1551 | Portuguese monopolize trade with China from Malacca | |
| 1580 | Philip II of Spain annexes Portugal and its dependencies | |
| 1640 | Portugal establishes independence from Spain again | |
| 1910 | Portuguese monarchy abolished in favour of republic |
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