Search results for "Elmina" - New World Encyclopedia

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  • in La Mina (the mine), later renamed Elmina. They had finally reached ... The West India Company conquered Elmina in 1637 and founded Luanda ...
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  • Bartolomeu Dias (Anglicized: Bartholomew Diaz) (c. 1450 – May 29, 1500), a Nobleman of the Royal Household, was a Portuguese explorer who sailed ...
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  • Djenne, Lalibela, Kilwa Kisiwani, Lamu, and Elmina. This content area also includes a large collection of African Rock Art from many African nations. ...
    12 KB (1,747 words) - 07:45, 27 February 2023
  • [[Image:ElminaCastle1668.jpg|thumb|400px|Elmina Castle viewed from the sea in 1668. Notice European shipping in foreground and African houses/town ...
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  • [[Image:Kora.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Elmina, Ghana. A West African man plays the kora, an African chordophone, of the resonator bow type.]] ...
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  • , the fortress of São Jorge da Mina, the modern Elmina, in Ghana, was founded for the protection of the Guinea trading and became Portugal's ...
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  • This envoy from the Portuguese coastal port of Elmina arrives in response to the growing trade along the coast and Mali’s now urgent request for ...
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