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It is impossible to look at the theme of this colloquium and disregard the fact that it demands we go back over 500 years to unrevel its history. In 1434, Gil Eanes went beyond the Cape of Bajador, which opened up the Atlantic. Subsequently, an increasing interchange opened between Portugal and Africa, which culminated with Vasco de Gama reaching Calicut in 1498. Had it been delayed for only a few years, the Indians would have reached Portugal via the same route, circumnavigating Africa as claimed by Afonso de Albuquerque.
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D’Ambrosio, U. (1992). For a New Historiographical Approach of the So-Called “Traditional Knowledge”. In: Petitjean, P., Jami, C., Moulin, A.M. (eds) Science and Empires. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol 136. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2594-9_3
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