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Portuguese influence on Africa
By: Larissa Reed
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Portuguese Explorers
• Vasco da Gama• Prince Henry the Navigator• Pedro Alvares Cabral • Bartolomeu Dias
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Slave and Gold Coast
• 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
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Slave Trade
• Sugar plantations off the West African coast• Madeira had sugar plantations• Sierre Leone • Brazil
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Angola
• 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
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Mozambique
• 1498- Founded by the Portuguese• Around 1500- Established trading posts• Claimed for supply of gold • 1975- Gained independence from Portugal
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Indian Ocean
• 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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• Spodek, Bernard. Handbook of Research on the Education of Young Children. 3rd ed. New York: Macmillan Pub., 1993. Print.
• Theal, George McCall. "Chapter 15." The Beginning of South African History,. London: T.F. Unwin, 1902. 341-64. Google Books. Google. Web. 2 Feb. 2012.
• United States. US Department of State. A Brief History of Angola-Part 1. About .com. Web. 2 Feb. 2012.
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