Reflecting on the great age of European maritime exploration and expansion from the 15th century onwards, we most likely think of Britain, France, the Netherlands and Spain as the main players. They ...

Central Brazil is a vast green wedge of almost unexplored land. Seventeenth-century Portuguese explorers staggered out of its jungles bringing tales of a great lost City of Gold in a Garden of Eden.

Maize was introduced in Africa by Portuguese explorers in the beginning of the 16th century. It has since become Africa’s second most important food crop, after cassava. Get Full Access for ...