Portuguese influence on Africa
By: Larissa Reed
Portuguese Explorers
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Vasco da Gama
Prince Henry the Navigator
Pedro Alvares Cabral
Bartolomeu Dias
Slave and Gold Coast
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Portuguese search for gold in West Africa
1441-Portuguese sailors find gold
Portuguese bring gold and slaves to Portugal
El Mina
Asante Empire
Hause and Mande
Benin and Dahomey were slave trading
centers
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Slave Trade
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Sugar plantations off the West African coast
Madeira had sugar plantations
Sierre Leone
Brazil
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Angola
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1482-Founded by the Portuguese
1484-Claimed by the Portuguese
Kingdom of Kongo
Kingdom of Ndongo ruled by ngola(king)
Largest source for slaves
Slavery was outlawed in 1961
Mozambique
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1498- Founded by the Portuguese
Around 1500- Established trading posts
Claimed for supply of gold
1975- Gained independence from Portugal
Indian Ocean
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1498-Vasco da Gama voyaged to India
1500-Pedro Cabral sent to Cochin, India
Prevent trading with the Muslims
Battle of Diu Port cites
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