''There was a time when sailing the seas was the most adventurous thing one could do, the renaissance equivalent of being an astronaut''

With the arrival and departure of merchants it was chosen by John of Aviz Philippa of Lancaster for the birth of one of his most illustrious sons, Infante D. Henrique, better known as ''the Navigator'', who played a decisive role in the Age of Discoveries. The first impulse and his great encouragement to contribute to subsequent navigations are due to him.

In 1498, the navigator Vasco da Gama and his fleet headed to India by sea. This discovery allowed direct access to spices and luxury products from the East. To commemorate this feat, D. Manuel ordered the best architects to be recruited to build the famous Belém Tower in Lisbon. Trade by sea made it possible to increase the quantity of cargo, reduce time and multiply profits.

On 21ˢᵗ August 1415, in these walls lived more than 20,000 merchants dedicated to trade of spices, fabrics, oriental carpets, precious stones and others...

Gold, cereals and luxury products arrived there. It was a land of Muslims, which made it possible to conquer territories for Christianity.

Infante D. Henrique had the support of the bourgeoisie and nobility, so the first step of expansion was the conquest of the city of Ceuta, which allowed control of the main entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar, which would facilitate the entry and exit of boats from the Mediterranean, and the conquest of other cities in North Africa. The conquest of Ceuta proved to be a 

 considering what was intended. The merchants changed their route to other cities, instead of making a profit they ended up causing a lot of loss.

route from Europe to Asia. Bartholomew's ships rounded the dangerous Cape of Storms, which became the ''Cape of Good Hope'' and then rounded the southernmost point of Africa to enter the waters of the Indian Ocean. And it took them about 10 years to reach India.

On 3 ʳᵈ February 1488, at 34 degrees latitude, Bartolomeu Dias became the first European sailor to round the southern tip of Africa, paving the way for a sea

In 1494 the Treaty of Tordesillas was an agreement concluded by the monarchs of Spain and Portugal to divide the world between the two, the imaginary line of demarcation cut vertically across the Atlantic Ocean, leaving the Americas to Spain and West Africa and everything beyond the Cape of Good Hope to Portugal, there was a moment of strategy at the naval level. Kits brought by Lisbon 

appeared to create a new 

ship in just twelve days, 

the round caravel 

appeared.

The rainforests in Africa, Asia and America, the tropical and equatorial zones were explored by our navigators, who were dazzled by the rare species they found, which caused astonishment among the population.

These forests were full of rare animals so they organized expeditions in order to find precious metals and slaves, they also began to meet zebras, rhinos, armadillos, leopards, monkeys, birds and reptiles.