Search results for "Portuguese East Africa" - New World Encyclopedia
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- one-third of the continent of Africa for more than thirty years ... Robert Moffat, who inspired him to go to Africa. Dr. Moffat spoke of the ...18 KB (2,693 words) - 08:06, 28 January 2024
- by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east by the Atlantic Ocean. North ... America ranks fourth in area (after Asia, Africa, and North America) and fifth ...34 KB (4,744 words) - 15:36, 4 February 2023
- against independence movement across the Portuguese Empire. After decades of ... were aroused by the new anti-clerical Portuguese First Republic. Writing ...26 KB (3,864 words) - 20:38, 22 December 2022
- The Portuguese occupied Muscat for a 140-year period (1508–1648 ... The Ottomans drove out the Portuguese, but were pushed out themselves ...14 KB (2,071 words) - 10:33, 11 March 2023
- and squash, introduced by Arab and Portuguese traders during the sixteenth ... across the world, especially those of South East Asia. It is now one of the ...28 KB (4,219 words) - 22:01, 4 February 2023
- Livingstone Road to the south, the Great East Road to Malawi, and the Great ... events have earned the city the moniker of Africa's "City of Peace." ...21 KB (2,892 words) - 10:38, 9 March 2023
- role in two voyages which explored the east coast of South America between ... Juan Dias de Solis, a Portuguese explorer in service to Spain may ...12 KB (1,880 words) - 06:51, 25 July 2023
- in terms of population, in continental Africa, though Seychelles and São ... in the last decade has become sub-Saharan Africa's third largest oil ...26 KB (3,689 words) - 19:14, 13 February 2024
- for its maritime successes during the Portuguese Age of Discovery. The city ... spans the Tagus to the west of the city. East of that bridge, the Tagus ...34 KB (4,753 words) - 07:44, 9 March 2023
- 1784 to 1878, mainly in North America and Africa, selling or losing its territory ... the Berlin Conference (1884) which divided Africa between the major powers ...18 KB (2,669 words) - 00:38, 27 February 2023
- the Americas to the west, and Eurasia and Africa to the east. A component ... Sea, Norwegian Sea, and Barents Sea. To the east, the boundaries of the ocean ...27 KB (4,091 words) - 06:07, 21 August 2023
- its culture, as has its native peoples, East Indians, Africans, and the ... Sea just north of Trinidad and Tobago and east of Central America. Geographically ...18 KB (2,550 words) - 00:56, 23 December 2022
- is 250 kilometers (155 mi) long, west to east, and protracts from continental ... stretching from the Persian Gulf to North Africa's Maghreb in the Mediterranean ...22 KB (3,173 words) - 21:53, 30 January 2023
- Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous ... Africa, particularly central eastern Africa, is widely regarded within ...46 KB (6,657 words) - 06:01, 16 June 2023
- The Zambezi (also spelled Zambesi) is the fourth-longest river in ... Mozambique, which provides power to South Africa. There is also a smaller ...22 KB (3,457 words) - 21:14, 31 January 2024
- Réunion is an island, located in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar ... The collective title is derived from the Portuguese navigator Pedro Mascarenhas ...22 KB (3,300 words) - 00:08, 22 August 2022
- Island, Rough Rock Island, Flat Rock (East), The Buoys, Sandy Bay Island ... Boatswain Bird Island, Boatswain Bird Rock (east), White Rocks (south), and ...33 KB (4,923 words) - 20:47, 17 April 2023
- father was a wealthy lawyer of Madeiran Portuguese descent who could afford ... his travels in Spain, Mexico, North Africa, plus the streets and cafés ...11 KB (1,597 words) - 04:56, 3 August 2022
- a former French colony of western-central Africa. It borders Gabon, Cameroon ... Congo is located in the central-western part of sub-Saharan Africa ...23 KB (3,296 words) - 19:42, 16 April 2023
- the oasis populations of the Northern Africa Maghreb region. ... within place names across Northern Africa in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia ...17 KB (2,566 words) - 04:37, 4 March 2023
