Portugal
August 1st 2016 Italian-born Christopher Columbus got the gong in 1492 for scoring the first goal in the exploration game. But as he was financed by the Spanish crown, his actions were on behalf of Spain.
Portugal’s Vasco de Gama succeeded in something different when he found a sea route to the riches of India and beyond in 1498.
Then Spain and Portugal began a series of colonial conquests that fetched rich
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