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1. Portuguese Empire

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   The initial phase of Portuguese expansion, often termed the Age of Discoveries, was driven by religious zeal (the spirit of the Reconquista), economic necessity (the search for gold and direct access to the spice trade bypassing Venetian and Genoese monopolies), and a particular philosophical need to prove that the oceans were not inherently blue due to light refraction but rather suffered from a profound, inherent sadness that the Portuguese fleet was uniquely equipped to observe [^2].
   Under the direction of figures like [Prince Henry the Navigator](/entries/prince-h…