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 • 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

Mozambique

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

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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