West Africa : quest for God and gold, 1454-1578 : a survey of the first century of white enterprise in West Africa, with particular reference to the achievement of the Portuguese and their rivalries with other European powers
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West Africa : quest for God and gold, 1454-1578 : a survey of the first century of white enterprise in West Africa, with particular reference to the achievement of the Portuguese and their rivalries with other European powers
（Routledge library editions, . Colonialism and imperialism ; v. 48）
Routledge, 2023
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Reprint. Originally published: London : Curzon Press, c1977
Includes bibliograical references (p. [225]-237) and index
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West Africa (1977) surveys the first century of European enterprise - rivalry, and exploitation - in West Africa. It examines the achievements of the Portuguese during the century following their exploration of its shores, and the successive attempts of its rivals - Castilians, the French and English - to disrupt the commercial monopoly claimed by Portugal in West African waters.
Table of Contents
1. Castilo-Portuguese Rivalry in Senegambia, 1454-56 2. Portuguese Progress, Especially after the Grant to Fernao Gomes, 1456-75 3. The Challenge of Castile, 1475-80 4. The Consolidation of the Portuguese Monopoly, 1480-1530 5. Trade and Fortification in West Africa, 1480-1578 6. French Intervention in West Africa, 1530-53 7. Triple Rivalry in West Africa, 1553-59 8. Monopoly on the Wane, 1559-78
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