Africans were either captured in warring raids or kidnapped and taken to the port by African ... and a half after the Portuguese first traded slaves on the African coast, European ships had ...

It is by far the oldest shipwreck ever found on the coast of sub-Saharan Africa, and the richest ... as the stars were now familiar ports of call, part of the Portuguese vernacular, thanks ...

This was after Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama visited the East African Coast and discovered the route ... ridge and overlooking the Mombasa Old Port, took place between 1593 and 1596 after ...

Duarte Pachece Pereira, Portuguese Explorer ... by sponsoring many voyages of discovery along the western coast of Africa. Prince Henry had several reasons for dispatching his expeditions.