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Portuguese influence on Africa

Portuguese influence on Africa. By: Larissa Reed. Portuguese Explorers . Vasco da Gama Prince Henry the Navigator Pedro Alvares Cabral Bartolomeu Dias . Slave and Gold Coast. Portuguese search for gold in West Africa 1441-Portuguese sailors find gold

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Portuguese influence on Africa

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  1. Portuguese influence on Africa By: Larissa Reed

  2. Portuguese Explorers • Vasco da Gama • Prince Henry the Navigator • Pedro Alvares Cabral • Bartolomeu Dias

  3. 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 centers

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  5. Slave Trade • Sugar plantations off the West African coast • Madeira had sugar plantations • Sierre Leone • Brazil http://www.google.com/imgres?q=portuguese+slave+trade+in+Africa&um=1&hl=en&rlz=1R2ADRA_enUS434&biw=911&bih=391&tbm=isch&tbnid=6GD0Yej612UinM:&

  6. 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

  7. Mozambique • 1498- Founded by the Portuguese • Around 1500- Established trading posts • Claimed for supply of gold • 1975- Gained independence from Portugal

  8. 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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  10. Works Cited • "Africans in America | Part 1 | Narrative | Europeans Come to Western Africa." PBS: Public Broadcasting Service. PBS. Web. 24 Jan. 2012. <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/1narr1.html>. • "Elmina - The Portuguese Slave Colony of Elmina." Archaeology - The Study of Human History in Archaeology. Web. 02 Feb. 2012. <http://archaeology.about.com/od/eterms/g/elmina.htm>. • 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. • Wood, Ethel. AP World History: An Essential Coursebook. Reading, PA: WoodYard Publications, 2008. Print.

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