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Title The Portuguese in West Africa, 1415-1670 : a documentary history / edited by Malyn Newitt.

Publication Info. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 246 pages) : maps
Portuguese language
Physical Medium polychrome
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Summary "The Portuguese in West Africa, 1415-1670 brings together a collection of documents - all in new English translation - that illustrate aspects of the encounters between the Portuguese and the peoples of North and West Africa in the period from 1400 to 1650. This period witnessed the diaspora of the Sephardic Jews, the emigration of Portuguese to West Africa and the islands, and the beginnings of the black diaspora associated with the slave trade. The documents show how the Portuguese tried to understand the societies with which they came into contact and to reconcile their experience with the myths and legends inherited from classical and medieval learning. They also show how Africans reacted to the coming of Europeans, adapting Christian ideas to local beliefs and making use of exotic imports and European technologies. The documents also describe the evolution of the black Portuguese communities in Guinea and the islands, as well as the slave trade and the way that it was organized, understood, and justified"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The Portuguese in Morocco -- The early voyages to West Africa -- The Atlantic islands -- The upper Guinea coast and Sierra Leone -- Elmina and Benin -- Discovery of the kingdom of Kongo -- Angola, Paulo Dias and the founding of Luanda -- The slave trade -- Conflict in the kingdom of Kongo in the 1560s -- Christianity in the Kongo -- The Angolan wars -- People and places.
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Subject Portuguese.
History.
West Africa.
Discoveries in geography.
Genre/Form Sources.
Subject Africa, West -- Discovery and exploration -- Portuguese -- Sources.
Portuguese -- Africa, West -- History -- Sources.
Africa, West -- History -- To 1884 -- Sources.
Chronological Term To 1884
Subject Slave trade -- Africa, West -- History -- Sources.
Slave trade.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Added Author Newitt, M. D. D.
Other Form: Print version: Portuguese in West Africa, 1415-1670. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010 9780521768948 (DLC) 2010018052 (OCoLC)567162558
ISBN 9780511776816 (electronic book)
0511776810 (electronic book)
9780521768948 (hardback)
0521768942 (hardback)
9780521159142 (paperback)
0521159148 (paperback)
0511773161
9780511773167
9780511779954 (electronic book)
051177995X (electronic book)
9780511774232
0511774230
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