Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-99.234.25.147-20151128160355/@comment-28874252-20151202134145

Rennaissance didn't usher because of the discoveries by mapping in the first place. To be honest, the starters of the Rennaissance are Spain, the Italian states and the Ottoman Empire.

Spain because the people of the Caliphate preserved Roman and Greek scriptures which the Spanish found because they drove them away.

The Italian states because they accepted the Jews from Spain AND the Byzantine refugees, who also possesed this knowledge, thus letting them start it in Europe.

The Ottoman Empire because it conquered Byzantium, triggering a wave of refugees to the Italian peninsula.

So, no. Portugal only fathers colonization and exploration, not the rennaissance.

Portuguese wanks are gonna pretend Portugal is the best country in the world.