A commander of this country's navy led a Christian fleet that clashed with Kapudan Pasha's Ottoman fleet at the inconclusive 1717 Battle of Matapan.
A commander of this country's navy led a Christian fleet that clashed with Kapudan Pasha's Ottoman fleet at the inconclusive 1717 Battle of Matapan. An earlier conflict between this country and Muslim forces led to it decisively winning the Battle of Diu. One explorer from this country became the first European to see (*) Madagascar. That explorer's brother arrived at the mouth of the Congo River a few years before his greatest accomplishment, which was preceded by a discovery by a man who attempted to make a treaty with Zamorin of Calicut. Home to Bartolomeu Dias and Vasco de Gama, for 10 points, name this Iberian country whose prince Henry the Navigator funded many exploratory voyages.
A commander of this country's navy led a Christian fleet that clashed with Kapudan Pasha's Ottoman fleet at the inconclusive 1717 Battle of Matapan.
Kingdom of Portugal