Portugal (Chaos)

1250, Portugal conquered the Algarve. Now that the South was secured, in 1256 Portugal's capital moved to.

In the year 1340, Portugal defeated the Moorish army together with ; this was the last time an Arab army landed on Iberian soil.

During the years 1350-75, Portugal (like other countries) extended fishery in the North Atlantic, going farther and farther west. Soon, tales of strange islands in the Scandinavifar west started to spread among fishermen and sailors.

1355, Portuguese king was deposed because of unspeakable cruelty, and his younger brother  took the power.

In the year 1398, Portugal was struck by the.

Discoveries
1381, Portugal conquered the city of. They started exploring the West n coast, looking for a route to with its famous riches of gold. In 1392, Portugal discovered and took claim of. (Well, it's very possible that the Genoese were there before...)

In the year 1410, Portugal had restarted its discoveries after the shock of the Black Death, reached Cabo Nao (important because the Arabs never sailed further south than here). 1418, Portugal discovered, claimed and later settled the. In 1434, the Portuguese discoveries (which suffered due to the Civil War) were restarted again. At the moment, they had reached Cape Bojador, which was believed to be impassable.

During the 1440s, the Portuguese started slave trade between Africa and, which became their quasi-monopoly. At this time, the slaves were mostly captured Muslims from.

In 1449, the Portuguese captains managed to sail around Cape Bojador, which was believed to be the last safe point you can sail to. Now they had proven the opposite; the way around Africa was opened. Since 1450, the invention of the caravel in Portugal further helped developing oversea trade and colonization.

1461, the Portuguese discoverers reached the Senegal river. King Pedro insisted that they'd try to find a way from here to the gold-rich Mali, which didn't work. However, they started to trade for gold (and slaves) at the Mauretanian island of.

In 1481, the Portuguese discoverers went further south, came to. The income of the Portuguese crown doubled within short time; the money was divided in three between the two Portuguese princes and the Castillian king, however. 1488, the Portuguese reached the mouth of Niger river.

In the year 1492 (SCNR), a Castillian expedition (well, it was funded by the Castillian king, and some of his people were on the ship, but since the Portuguese had insisted, the captain and all the sailors were Portuguese - Castillians weren't allowed to build caravels) crossed the Atlantic, made landfall in (which was named the same way ITTL), claimed it for Castille-Portugal.

Under Castillian rule
After the death of "the Cruel" of Portugal 1421, the country descended into Civil War.

1424, the Castillian king interfered in the, where the sons of Pedro II fought against each other. At the end, Pedro of Castille became new king of Portugal, and the two sons became princes of North and South Portugal respectively. By using this division, Castillian kings could keep Portugal under control, although they had to respect Portuguese rights.

1449 a revolt against the rule of king started in Portugal, but since the princes of North and South Portugal couldn't agree who should reign, Castille could impose its rule again in 1453 - although the king again had to swear to accept Portuguese rights.

In 1497, Pedro IV of Castille died without heir; Castille-Portugal was united with -, forming the.

🇨🇳