Madre de Deus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Madre de Deus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Madre de Deus (Mother of God; also called Mãe de Deus) was a Portuguese ship, renowned for her fabulous cargo, which stoked the English appetite for trade with the Far East, then a Portuguese monopoly.

By the time Raleigh had restored order, a cargo estimated at half a million pounds (nearly half the size of England's treasury and perhaps the second-largest treasure ever after the Ransom of Atahualpa) had been reduced to £140,000. Still, ten freighters were needed to carry the treasure around the coast and up the River Thames to London.


Houve tempos em que nós, tugas, fazíamos coisas do camandro, mas já nos esquecemos como.

Leiam este artigo para ficarem a conhecer um dos maiores navios do mundo à época.

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