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'''Portuguese Exploration of West Africa'''

'''Portuguese Exploration of West Africa'''

(For before 1460, see [[Henry the Navigator]].

(For before 1460, see [[Henry the Navigator]]).

At the time of Henry the Navigator’s death in 1460 his captains had reached [[Sierra Leone]]. They now faced a difficult coast, shoals and small islands, very few safe harbours and little opportunity for trade. They “were content to develop their modest but prospering trade at the mouths of the [[Senegal]] and the [[Gambia]].”  (J. H. Parry)  

At the time of Henry the Navigator’s death in 1460 his captains had reached [[Sierra Leone]]. They now faced a difficult coast, shoals and small islands, very few safe harbours and little opportunity for trade. They “were content to develop their modest but prospering trade at the mouths of the [[Senegal]] and the [[Gambia]].”  (J. H. Parry)  

References:  

References:  

* [[“The Age of Reconnaissance”, J. H. Parry - Uni of California Press, Berkeley.]]

* “The Age of Reconnaissance”, J. H. Parry - Uni of California Press, Berkeley.

* [[“The Opening of the World”, David Devine - Collins London.]]

* “The Opening of the World”, David Devine - Collins London.

* [[The Times Atlas of World History – William Collins, Sydney.]]

* The Times Atlas of World History – William Collins, Sydney.

* [[“West Africa before the Colonial Era” – Basil Davidson, Longman, London and New York.]]

* “West Africa before the Colonial Era” – Basil Davidson, Longman, London and New York.

* [[Chambers Encyclopedia.]]

* Chambers Encyclopedia.

* [[Webster’s Geographical Dictionary.]]

* Webster’s Geographical Dictionary.

Links

Links

* http://www.blackhistorysociety.ca/Elmina.htm

* http://www.blackhistorysociety.ca/Elmina.htm

* http://beautifulghana.com/content/view/74/170/lang,en/

* http://beautifulghana.com/content/view/74/170/lang,en/