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From the viewpoint of European history | HISTORY OF GUINEA-BISSAU

The Slave Coast

From the viewpoint of European history the Guinea Coast is associated mainly with slavery. Indeed one of the alternative names for the region is the Slave Coast. But the link is entirely the result of the arrival of Euro...

From the viewpoint of European history | HISTORY OF CAPE VERDE

The Slave Coast

From the viewpoint of European history the Guinea Coast is associated mainly with slavery. Indeed one of the alternative names for the region is the Slave Coast. But the link is entirely the result of the arrival of Euro...

The Portuguese expeditions of the 15th | HISTORY OF TRADE

Portuguese slave trade

The Portuguese expeditions of the 15th century bring European ships for the first time into regular contact with sub-Saharan Africa. This region has long been the source of slaves for the route through the Sahara to the...

The Portuguese expeditions of the 15th | HISTORY OF SLAVERY

Portuguese slave trade

The Portuguese expeditions of the 15th century bring European ships for the first time into regular contact with sub-Saharan Africa. This region has long been the source of slaves for the route through the Sahara to the...

Two much smaller colonies, Portuguese Guinea | HISTORY OF AFRICA

Before the scramble

Two much smaller colonies, Portuguese Guinea and Spain's Equatorial Guinea, complete this group of about a dozen territories. Together they are the only regions where any degree of formal European control is established...

Two much smaller colonies, Portuguese Guinea | HISTORY OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

Before the scramble

Two much smaller colonies, Portuguese Guinea and Spain's Equatorial Guinea, complete this group of about a dozen territories. Together they are the only regions where any degree of formal European control is established...

If Pliny's great dogs existed in | HISTORY OF EXPLORATION

European maritime adventures

If Pliny's great dogs existed in the Canaries, they belonged to the aboriginal inhabitants. Known as the Guanches, these people seem to have been Cro-Magnon in type. They have found their way to the islands at some unkow...