Avis

Japanese: Avis
Avis

…The two centuries that began with John I and ended with Henry roughly correspond to the Portuguese Age of Discovery. The Avis dynasty built a great maritime empire spanning the Atlantic and Indian Oceans with Prince Henry the Navigator's advance into Africa and Vasco da Gama's discovery of a sea route to India, but with the decline of the spice trade, the country's power waned, and it disappeared in 1580 when Philip II annexed it to Spain. [Kanshichi Norio]. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Avis" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ジョアン1世に始まりエンリケに終わるその約2世紀間は,ほぼポルトガルの大航海時代に相当する。アビスAvis朝はエンリケ航海王子によるアフリカ進出,バスコ・ダ・ガマのインド航路発見によって,大西洋・インド洋にまたがる一大海洋帝国を築いたが,香料交易の衰退とともに国力は衰え,1580年フェリペ2世によるスペイン併合で消滅した。【金七 紀男】。…

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