Search results for "Portuguese East Africa" - New World Encyclopedia
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- Eastern Africa is a region of sub–Saharan Africa containing the ... *East Africa, made up of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda; * Horn of Africa ...13 KB (1,820 words) - 17:39, 12 February 2024
- a Nobleman of the Royal Household, was a Portuguese explorer who sailed around ... Colony, and shipping and trade with the East was developing into a major ...10 KB (1,706 words) - 11:00, 20 September 2023
- Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese explorer, one of the most successful ... of Portugal to find Christian lands in the East (the king, like many Europeans ...13 KB (2,082 words) - 14:38, 3 May 2023
- Furthermore he became fascinated with Africa in general, with the legend ... He is credited by some as having joined East and West. A royal prince who ...10 KB (1,543 words) - 17:47, 19 December 2017
- The Kingdom of Mutapa (Shona: Wene we Mutapa; Portuguese: Monomotapa ... and Traditional Evidence, History in Africa 3(1976): 1-17. The Mutapa ...16 KB (2,420 words) - 23:43, 21 October 2023
- Alhandra - Goa, December 16, 1515) was a Portuguese fidalgo, or nobleman, a ... time known as The Great, The Caesar of the East and as The Portuguese Mars ...14 KB (2,194 words) - 06:01, 16 June 2023
- Central Africa, sometimes referred to as Middle Africa, defines a ... Although located east of the East African Rift System *Rwanda and ...16 KB (2,498 words) - 23:51, 3 December 2023
- Southern Africa is the southernmost region of the African continent ... * South Africa * Swaziland Many scholars argue that the U.N. definition ...16 KB (2,390 words) - 15:15, 27 April 2023
- The Treaty of Tordesillas (Portuguese: Tratado de Tordesilhas, Spanish: ... The lands to the east would belong to Portugal and the lands to the ...16 KB (2,550 words) - 14:58, 2 May 2023
- A former Portuguese colony, Angola, known formally as the Republic ... Angolan culture reflects centuries of Portuguese influence, namely the predominance ...17 KB (2,316 words) - 06:01, 28 July 2023
- ) is a rocky headland on the Atlantic coast of South Africa. It is ... optimism engendered by opening a sea route to the East. ...15 KB (2,280 words) - 00:36, 13 January 2023
- colonialism, primarily with the Dutch East India Company. Direct state ... of the Dutch empire, notably the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) and Suriname ...20 KB (2,997 words) - 18:52, 24 August 2020
- European exploration of Africa began with the Greeks and Romans, who ... The story of the European exploration of Africa comprises many incidents ...29 KB (4,463 words) - 06:53, 12 September 2023
- a history of ethnocentrism, the Spanish, Portuguese, and French words—mestizaje ... South Africa's Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act, passed in ...21 KB (3,025 words) - 11:09, 10 March 2023
- The Azores are a Portuguese archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, about ... named after the goshawk bird (Açor in Portuguese). This bird never existed ...17 KB (2,435 words) - 05:18, 26 August 2023
- located in the Indian Ocean to the east of Africa. The dodo, now extinct ... Etymology, "dodo" comes from Portuguese doudo (more commonly doido ...10 KB (1,436 words) - 11:03, 2 August 2023
- provided a large number of captives to the Portuguese. political and economic polities existed in Africa before colonization, and ...16 KB (2,448 words) - 03:03, 5 November 2022
- The Portuguese Empire was the earliest and longest lived of the modern ... As skilled Portuguese sailors explored the coasts and islands of East ...34 KB (5,157 words) - 00:26, 12 April 2023
- The Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie or ... The VOC's territories became the Dutch East Indies and were expanded over ...19 KB (2,812 words) - 17:23, 12 February 2024
- states in the coastal part of West Africa until it was annexed by the ... Edos to have extended from Onitsha in the east, through the forested southwestern ...12 KB (1,841 words) - 09:14, 27 September 2023
- the largest colonies of water birds in West Africa. The 12,000 km² ... of the richest fishing waters in western Africa and serve as nesting grounds ...16 KB (2,318 words) - 17:29, 10 February 2023
- Spanish: San Francisco Javier; Portuguese: São Francisco Xavier; ... the Indies, arriving in Goa, the center Portuguese activity in the East, on ...15 KB (2,402 words) - 04:52, 9 April 2024
- a sparsely populated country in Southern Africa on the Atlantic coast. It ... remained under British control. South Africa seized South West Africa ...17 KB (2,377 words) - 02:43, 11 March 2023
- Inhabited from prehistoric times, Luanda came under Portuguese rule ... Atlantic in the west to the River Kwango in the east of Angola. ...24 KB (3,367 words) - 10:35, 9 March 2023
- north. A premier trading center for West Africa that often attracted European ... and spiritual capital of Islamic West Africa in the fifteenth and sixteenth ...16 KB (2,417 words) - 23:36, 30 April 2023
- The Congo River is the largest river in western Central Africa and ... the parts of Gondwanaland that are now Africa and South America. Except ...14 KB (2,084 words) - 19:05, 15 May 2020
- is connected to the Gulf of Oman in the east by the Strait of Hormuz. Its ... and Tigris Rivers, where the left (east) bank is held by Iran. ...14 KB (2,162 words) - 00:43, 24 November 2022
- Ocean 22 miles (35 km) off the coast of East Africa, of numerous small ... called "a jewel in the lap of Africa," the archipelago has ...19 KB (2,660 words) - 05:43, 13 June 2023
- Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa ... states flourished after contact with the Portuguese in the 15th century, and ...16 KB (2,385 words) - 20:13, 14 December 2023
- Portuguese India ( Índia Portuguesa India's independence in 1947, Portuguese India included a number ...22 KB (3,152 words) - 00:27, 12 April 2023
- Ferdinand Magellan (Portuguese: Fernão de Magalhães, IPA pronunciation: / ... Spring 1480 – April 27, 1521) was a Portuguese maritime explorer who, ...20 KB (3,084 words) - 17:19, 26 March 2024
- of the slave trade triangle between Africa, the Caribbean, and New England ... The term originally comes from the Portuguese word "melaço," ...11 KB (1,738 words) - 13:05, 10 March 2023
- Mozambique, is a country in southeastern Africa, bordering South Africa, ... neglect under the colonial domination of the Portuguese. ...25 KB (3,580 words) - 01:47, 11 March 2023
- 3, 1939. Nepal, Newfoundland, Tonga, South Africa, and Canada followed suit ... * South Africa: September 6, 1939 * Canada: September 10, 1939 ...16 KB (2,240 words) - 18:30, 21 July 2023
- Bantu is a general term for over 400 different ethnic groups in Africa ... After the Bantu expansion, many of the great kingdoms of South Africa ...25 KB (3,899 words) - 07:30, 20 September 2023
- camps during the revolt in German West Africa 1904-1905 and Adolf Hitler ... European powers in the “Scramble for Africa.” Among Germany's ...17 KB (2,331 words) - 05:35, 5 December 2022
- Republic of Tanzania, is a nation on the east coast of Africa. The name ... and unique in the world; it contains Africa's highest and lowest ...29 KB (4,092 words) - 04:27, 27 February 2023
- which is the largest natural harbor in Africa, and the third largest natural ... Bay College, the oldest university in West Africa, founded in 1827. The university ...24 KB (3,436 words) - 21:04, 27 November 2023
- from being the largest exporter of food in Africa to the biggest importer of ... the only tertiary education institution in East Africa), where he obtained ...16 KB (2,394 words) - 06:41, 28 February 2023
- one of the smallest nations in continental Africa. Formerly the Portuguese ... to the north, Guinea to the south and east, and the Atlantic Ocean to ...25 KB (3,595 words) - 03:07, 12 July 2023
- 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
