Portugal

Portugal
Type:	Nation
Location:	Europe
First mentioned in:	The Chase [+]Loading...["The Chase (TV story)"]
First appearance:	Moments of Passing [+]Loading...["Moments of Passing (short story)"]
Appearances:	AUDIO: True Nemesis [+]Loading...["True Nemesis (audio story)"]

Portugal was a country in southwestern Europe. It was bordered to the west by the Atlantic Ocean and to the east by Spain.

Lisbon was one of its cities. (PROSE: Asylum ^[+]Loading...["Asylum (novel)"], Moments of Passing ^[+]Loading...["Moments of Passing (short story)"])

Portuguese was spoken in Portugal. (PROSE: Moments of Passing ^[+]Loading...["Moments of Passing (short story)"])

Geography

Portugal was situated to the west of the prime meridian and thus located within the Western Hemisphere. (TV: Fear Her ^[+]Loading...["Fear Her (TV story)"]) The Azores Islands were part of Portugal. (PROSE: The Fortunate Isles ^[+]Loading...["The Fortunate Isles (short story)"])

History

Early history

By the 17th century, Portugal was among the countries which took over Venice's trade as its naval importance was reduced. (PROSE: A History of Humankind ^[+]Loading...["A History of Humankind (novel)"])

In 1682, a group of Portuguese settlers called bandeirantes tried to enslave people from a Tupi village. (COMIC: Slaver's Song ^[+]Loading...["Slaver's Song (comic story)"])

19th century

Portugal was one of the allied nations which opposed Napoléon Bonaparte's French Empire in the Napoleonic Wars of the early 19th century. Following the Battle of Trafalgar, Napoleon invaded Portugal along with Spain. Portugal fought against France in the Peninsular War. (PROSE: World Game ^[+]Loading...["World Game (novel)"]) Soldiers from this conflict were taken by the War Lords to fight in their War Game. (TV: The War Games ^[+]Loading...["The War Games (TV story)"]) Arthur Wellesley was sent to Portugal, in charge of a British expeditionary force, and fought his way up through Portugal, into Spain and eventually into France. Six of Napoleon's marshals, comprising the majority, were defeated by Wellesley one after another, battle after battle, victory after victory. Portugal and Spain remained in perpetual revolt, forcing Napoleon, surrounded by his enemies, back to Paris. (PROSE: World Game ^[+]Loading...["World Game (novel)"])

On 4 December 1872, the Mary Celeste was found, abandoned, midway between the Azores and Portugal; (PROSE: The Chase ^[+]Loading...["The Chase (novelisation)"]) it had been crossing the Atlantic Ocean on a course from New York to Genoa. (PROSE: A History of Humankind ^[+]Loading...["A History of Humankind (novel)"])

Portugal controlled the African country of Mozambique, which was known as Portuguese Mozambique or Portuguese East Africa. (PROSE: Players ^[+]Loading...["Players (novel)"])

21st century

In Portugal in 2006, girls started experiencing symptoms of a fictional virus they’d seen in a teen soap. Oliver Morgenstern researched the event as an example of mass hysteria. (AUDIO: Hysteria ^[+]Loading...["Hysteria (audio story)"])

At 8:40AM GMT on a Wednesday in September 2009, Portugal was among the numerous places across Earth in which RTAs occurred as a result of the 456 compelling every human child to suddenly stop and proclaim their message: "we are coming." (TV: Children of Earth: Day One ^[+]Loading...["Children of Earth: Day One (TV story)"])

In the 2010s, Erimem visited the Museu Nacional de Arqueologia in Lisbon to watch the return of a small shipment of Bronze Age ironwork from the London Museum of Antiquity. (PROSE: Moments of Passing ^[+]Loading...["Moments of Passing (short story)"])