Travels and encounters on the Guinea Coast in the time of Prince Henrique

7 Abril 2016, 14:00 José Augusto Nunes da Silva Horta

Travels on the Guinea Coast in the time of Prince Henrique. The first encounters on Mauritania and Upper Guinea Coasts.

Mandatory readings: 

M. Newitt, The Portuguese in West Africa, docs. 8-9
A. Disney, A History of Portugal and the Portuguese Empire, vol. 2, chap. 16