Conquerors
1 A poetic celebration of Lisbon and the sea
2 The armillary sphere, symbol of the Portuguese discovery of the world
3 More spheres
4 And yet more
5 The connection with the sea in a political poster: ‘People who don’t fear the sea, aren’t frightened to struggle.’
6 Ceramic coat of arms of the Portuguese royal family
7 A careworn conquistador of the Order of Christ
8 The crusading spirit
9 Portuguese naval fire power
10 King Manuel 1 who sent Vasco da Gama to India
11 The sixteenth century ‘House of Spikes’ in Lisbon
12 From the castle of St George the view over Lisbon and the Tejo
13 A study in lilac
14 Inside the castle of Tomar, home of the Order of Christ, successors to the Templars
15 Ceramics at Tomar
16 Courtyard at Tomar
17 Windows at Tomar in the ornate Manueline style
18 And a ceramic version
19 An astonished face
20 Ornate window decorated with the cross of the Order of Christ
21 The Jeronimos monastery in Lisbon
22 Armour
23 Vasco da Gama trying to look benign
24 A monkey tries on spectacles in the Tile Museum
25 Catherine of Braganza and Charles II of England – a marriage not exactly made in heaven
26 A trap to catch a tiger in the Tile Museum
27 Fado musicians in Coimbra – the traditional music of Portugal
28 Statue of Pedro Alvares Cabral, discoverer of Brazil
29 Poster for a bull fight
30 Double door knockers
31 Sixteenth century aqueduct outside Tomar
32 Abandoned art deco theatre in Santarem
33 A view over the Tejo at Santarem
34 Francisco de Almeida, viceroy of India
35 Spring in Portugal
36 Conquistador: Afonso de Albuquerque
37 Luis de Camoes – Portugal’s national poet
38 A replica caravel – the ship that launched the discoveries
39 Aboard the caravel
40 Monument to the Discoveries at Belem – Henry the Navigator in the prow
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