Portuguese Inventions and Contributions
People & Achievements
Caravels, nautical instruments, fortified wines and a global culinary export.
Portugal's most famous inventions are tied to the Discoveries: the caravel, the improved astrolabe and the back-staff. But the list extends further: the technique of fortifying wine that produced Port and Madeira, the global trade in salt cod, the cataplana cooking pot, and the modern pastel de nata