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Watch out, Vasco da Gama pillar is collapsing

By Hans

The Portuguese were the first Europeans to develop a maritime empire outside their traditional Mediterranean and Baltic seas. The initial explorations down the west coast of Africa took many years and were financially not very successful.

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