What happened in the 1490s?
⚓ Construction of the Portuguese Fort of São Jorge da Mina (1482, completion in the 1490s): Expansion of Portuguese influence in West Africa.
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Further Reading
- Elmina Castle - Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
- Elmina Castle | History, Slavery, & Facts | Britannica (britannica.com)
- El Mina São Jorge da Mina • - Blackpast (blackpast.org)
- Fort São Jorge da Mina | H-Net (h-net.org)
- Launching the Portuguese Slave Trade in Africa · African Laborers ... (cofc.edu)
- AFRICA'S GOLD COAST THROUGH PORTUGUESE SOURCES (oup.com)
- Portuguese Gold Coast - Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
- Digital Elmina – Recording, Visualizing, Analyzing and Preserving ... (digitalelmina.org)
- 38 • Portuguese Cartography in the Renaissance (uchicago.edu)
- Elmina Castle: A haunting legacy of slavery and colonialism (ghanaremembers.com)