It is usually omitted in modern scholarly histories of the Portuguese discoveries.

Relatively little is known in respect to the pictorial art practiced in Brazil before the Portuguese discovery of the territory.

Portuguese discoveries is the name given to the intensive maritime exploration by the Portuguese during the 15th and 16th centuries.

However, the Portuguese discoveries only started in 1415 and since the word has been found earlier this does not constitute a very good explanation.

For more information about Portuguese exploration efforts at this time, see Portuguese discoveries.

That still makes it the farthest point reached by the Portuguese discoveries of the 1440s.

The Order had a major role in the Portuguese discoveries.

Besides the town hall and public square, the town also got a pillory, and involved itself in the Portuguese discoveries.

It first became known to Europeans during the Portuguese discoveries that started the slave trade in the 15th century.

As cartographers, physicians, cosmographers and mathematicians they were involved in the great era of Portuguese scientific discoveries.