Person1357 – 1433
John I of Portugal
Also called: João I
Founder of Portugal’s House of Aviz, who led the expedition to Ceuta in 1415
Where they went
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John I of Portugal seized Ceuta, a Muslim port across the Strait of Gibraltar — often counted as the first step in Europe’s overseas expansion.
People who appear alongside
- Prince Henry the Navigator1394 – 1460
Portuguese prince, son of John I, whose sponsorship of voyages down the West African coast opened the Age of Discovery
Themes this person appears in
- The Age of Discovery1415 – 1600
From Ceuta to the Manila galleons — two centuries in which European ships crossed the oceans and bound the world together by sea