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Jan 1, 1458
Portugal - Cape Verde Islands
-Cape Verde Islands --> located about 700 miles west of Dakar, Senegal
-1458
-Claimed by Portugal by Diogo Gomes
-sugar cultivation using slaves taken from the African mainland -
Jan 1, 1522
Portugal - Sao Tomé & Principe
-Sao Tomé & Principe
-1522
-Portuguese
-Sugar production in the early 16th century
-introduced cocoa production using forced African labor -
Portugal - Guinea-Bissau
- Guinea-Bissau -1790s -Portugal -slave trade
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Portugal - Mozambique
- Mozambigue -1800s -Portugal -trading posts and forts -regular ports of call on the new European sea route to the east.
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Belgium - The Congo
-THe Congo
-1880s
-Portugal lost it due to Belgium's political manuvering
-All of the countries wanted a piece of Africa/each country's nationalism -
Portugal - African cities (Cabinda, Ambriz, Luanda, and Benguela)
-Port cities on the West coast of africa: Cabinda, Ambriz, Luanda, and Benguela)
-1885
-Portuguese
-Trade cities - wealth
-stops when sailing around Africa