卡伯拉尔远航印度意义初探

1500-1501年卡伯拉尔率葡萄牙舰队远航印度,堪称地理大发现第一阶段仅次于三大航行的第四大航行。这次远航经过了欧美非亚四大洲,往返行程5.5万公里。卡伯拉尔远航开创了发现、殖民南美大陆和巴西的进程,重新发现了世界第四大岛马达加斯加。从此葡萄牙人在印度辟建商站立足插手,创建商业殖民帝国;同时开始在印度洋上打击摩尔人—穆斯林,由此开辟了反击反包围摩尔人—穆斯林的新战线,实现了当初的一个战略意图,问鼎印度洋霸权。

Probing into significance of Cabral''''s long voyage to India firstly

That the Portuguese fleet took a long voyage to India from 1500 to1501, led by P.A.Cabral, was the fourth great navigation second only to the three great navigations in first stage of the great geographical discoveries. This long voyage passed the four continents of Europe, America, Africa and Asia and traveled over 55,000 kilometers to and fro. This navigation initiates the procedure of discovering and colonizing the southern America and Brazil, and discovered again Madagascar, the fourth big island in the world. From then on the Portuguese set up the caravansary in India, had a foothold somewhere and had a hand in something, creating a commercial and colonial empire. At same time they began to strike the Moor-Moslem in the Indian Ocean. Hence they opened up a new front of counterattacking and counter-encompassing Moors and Moslems. Thus the Portuguese came true an original strategic intention and competed for hegemony of the Indian Ocean.