S24E11 - How Tiny Portugal Accidentally Conquered Half the World | History For Sleep

We'll begin along Portugal's Atlantic coastline, where generations of seafarers gradually developed the knowledge, ships, and navigational techniques needed to venture farther from home. From there, we'll follow the voyages of Bartolomeu Dias and Vasco da Gama, explore Portugal's arrival in the Indian Ocean, and discover how trading posts, maritime routes, and overseas settlements eventually stretched from Brazil and Africa to India and East Asia.

But did Portugal really conquer half the world, and was any of it accidental? Not quite. We'll separate the popular exaggerations from the fascinating reality, examining how royal ambitions, commercial...