TRUE, SO TRUE

«Mr. Lynn should learn little bit more about European history. Portugal contribution to history were numerous. If was first European nation to circumnavigate around south Africa and establish colonies in India. The Great Earthquake of Lisbon in 1755 put a fatal blow to Christian theocracy controlling the Baroque thought of Europe. It was a vital event for questioning Christian dogma in the new, Enlightenment light, in which American and French Revolution occurred. Also Portugal refused to comply with Napoleon's Continental Blockade against Britain, and wars in Iberian peninsula bled Napoleon's army in time when it needed against Russia.» mysak