History · Sources of Modern Indian History
UGC NET June 2024 History (Cancelled)
What were the unfortified trading outposts which also served as strategic bases for the naval fleet of the Portuguese known as?
AFeitorias ✓ Correct
BCauca
CCartaze
DJacque
Correct answer: (A) Feitorias — The answer is Feitorias, the Portuguese trading outposts.
Explanation
★The answer is Feitorias, the Portuguese trading outposts.
★These posts centralised and dominated local trade with the Portuguese Empire.
★They served both as market-warehouses and as aids for customs.
★They also acted as strategic bases for the Portuguese naval fleet.
★The first overseas Portuguese Feitoria was set up by Henry the Navigator at Arguin in 1445.
★Cartaze, by contrast, was the naval trade permit system, not a trading post.
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