Search results for "Portuguese East Africa" - New World Encyclopedia
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- guarded by two forts built on hills to its east and southwest. ... Unlike most capital cities in southern Africa, Antananarivo was already ...13 KB (1,867 words) - 05:19, 31 July 2023
- emographics/census-main.htm South Africa grows to 44.8 million], on ... |regions = South Africa |region1 = KwaZulu-Natal |pop1 = 7.6 million ...23 KB (3,468 words) - 06:14, 13 June 2023
- port, the largest of the Maghreb and North Africa, and is one of the largest ... leading to it being targeted by the Portuguese, who destroyed the town in 1468. ...20 KB (2,766 words) - 14:16, 29 November 2023
- Swahili: Jamhuri ya Kenya), is a country in East Africa with its capital and ... Kenya's location on the eastern coast of Africa and central highlands ...29 KB (4,349 words) - 03:29, 6 October 2022
- on the Eastern Indian Ocean coast of Africa. Situated close to the equator ... whose families originated from the Middle East and Indian sub-continent areas ...19 KB (2,649 words) - 22:16, 25 January 2024
- rediscovered, possibly accidentally, by Portuguese sailors and settled by ... lies about 360 miles from the coast of Africa, 535 miles from Lisbon, 230 ...32 KB (4,286 words) - 10:48, 9 March 2023
- The Republic of South Africa, most commonly referred to as South Africa ... South Africa experienced a significantly different evolution from ...35 KB (4,809 words) - 15:13, 27 April 2023
- The Portuguese Colonial War, also known as the Overseas War in Portugal ... a black football player from Portuguese East Africa named Eusébio, is ...54 KB (8,315 words) - 00:25, 12 April 2023
- "Canton" was the convenient Portuguese or French romanization ... The Portuguese were the first Europeans to arrive to the city by sea ...22 KB (2,966 words) - 03:09, 5 March 2023
- They are approximately 354 km (220 mi) east of the mainland. The Rocas ... Amerigo Vespucci, who traveled with a Portuguese expedition of Gonçalo ...21 KB (2,904 words) - 17:27, 26 March 2024
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
