The Portuguese Empire was one of the smallest empires in world history.
The Portuguese Empire -LRB- Imprio Portugus -RRB- , also known as the Portuguese Overseas -LRB- Ultramar Portugus -RRB- , was one of the largest and longest-lived empires in world history and the first colonial empire of the Renaissance .	Portuguese	Portuguese language	largest and longest-lived empires	List of largest empires	world history	world history	colonial empire	colonial empire
