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The Portuguese in West Africa, 1415-1670 : a documentary history /

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Other Authors: Newitt, M. D. D.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Subjects:
Africa, West > Discovery and exploration > Portuguese > Sources.
Portuguese > Africa, West > History > Sources.
Africa, West > History > To 1884 > Sources.
Slave trade > Africa, West > History > Sources.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The Portuguese in Morocco
  • The early voyages to West Africa
  • The Atlantic islands
  • The upper Guinea coast and Sierra Leone
  • Elmina and Benin
  • Discovery of the kingdom of Kongo
  • Angola, Paulo Dias and the founding of Luanda
  • The slave trade
  • Conflict in the kingdom of Kongo in the 1560s
  • Christianity in the Kongo
  • The Angolan wars
  • People and places.