The era of great sailing--the revelation brought by the Sea Overlord

The recent documentary on "The Rise of great powers" has to be said to be a really high-quality documentary on CCTV. To be able to look at the rise of other countries in a learning mindset is worth affirming.

Around 15th century, Portugal and Spain, two small countries located in the southwestern part of Europe, became wealthy by the sea, once embarked on the status of world hegemony.

"In the era of great sailing, it is necessary to mention the voyage of Portugal, to mention Portugal in the era of the great sailing, and to bring up the Portuguese flag, the green representative of Prince Henry." "Portugal in the 15th century, the population reached 1.5 million, poor land, limited resources, it has been difficult for the Portuguese to live a prosperous life, situation, they can rely on the" warm port "———— the Sea Road became their only way out, the first to realize this is their great" navigator " HRH
Prince Henry never sailed to sea, but no one would deny his identity as a navigator, for he possessed the necessary adventurous spirit of a navigator and the foresight and wisdom of being a pioneer. Formally because of his tireless efforts, the Portuguese talent found the unknown world, "Storm Horn" was later renamed the Portuguese Royal Family as "Cape of Hope" is their new continent, from which they embarked on the sea overlord of the road, a nation with the adventurous warriors, with perseverance, it is difficult to fail.

Spain, as another country that opened up the era of great sailing, wrote a bold note in Europe in the 15th century. The blue sea, vast and distant, deep and charming, like their Queen Isabel, with her beauty and nobility, conquered countless heroes, but when they met, who can guess the outcome. The appearance of Isabel, with her people to defeat neighboring Portugal, but her ambition far more than this, because she also conquered the port of the An oasis sea. Columbus came, the Sea boatman, who had been abandoned by the Portuguese royal family, and he believed in the Earth sphere, saying that he was confident that he could reach Asia as much as the West, which was diametrically opposed to Prince Henry's sailing route, but in Spain he was reused, and Queen Isabel gave him three ships, and hundreds of sailors, They set foot on the road to the west in the sea. When they were exhausted and were about to give up, the crew ascended to the mast, and in the exclamations of the Bahamas, they found the new world------------so that Columbus and his crew arrived at the islands of Bahamas Is., Cuba, Haiti, Dominica and Trinidad, and first boarded the south coast of Paria Bay, Although Columbus died thinking that he had arrived in Asia, he even gave an Asian name to the people who lived here--the Indians. But this does not affect his greatness, and the wealth to the Spanish nation, once, Spain's gold reserves accounted for more than 80% of the world's total gold.

Although, there are different views on the Internet, that Columbus did not care about the development of history, he found that the new world just want to earn the Queen Isabel promised him the money, formally relying on the faith of gold, to support him to complete the opening of an open route. But I think this is not bad ah, although the motive is slightly less than the sun, but still can give others a blue sky ah.

The era of great sailing--the revelation brought by the Sea Overlord