Portuguese Colonies

Have you ever wondered what country had the first truly global empire? Then pay attention... Folks used to say that the “Sun never sets on the British Empire” as a means of declaring Britain’s greatness. But it was the Portuguese who forged the first truly global empire. The major dominions of the Portuguese wrapped around the globe in a straight line, from Brazil to Angola, from Mozambique to India, and all the way to Macau. With its dominion under multiple time zones, the Sun, in fact, never did set on the Portuguese Empire.

La Independencia de Brasil fue uno de los hechos más importantes en la historia del país. En 1822, Brasil se proclama como una nación independiente con respecto a Portugal. Este proceso se diferencia del resto de las revoluciones de independencia americanas por ocurrir estando presente la corona portuguesa en América.

Portuguese Macau examines how this tiny foothold managed to last as a European possession for so long, and the dynamics that led to China establishing sovereignty over it at the end of the 20th century.