HISTORY 2CS3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Bartolomeu Dias, Senegal River, Congo River
4 Sep 2018
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Early african and european encounters in the (cid:1688)old world(cid:1689) From the late 15th century, with the support of the portuguese government, portuguese sailors began traveling along the coast of africa in an effort to establish trading connections with asia. In 1488, bartolomeu dias sailed around the sourthern-most point of africa. And quite a decade later, vasco da gama made it past the cape of good hope and north of present-day. Mozambique before sailing across the indian ocean to india. In the course of their travels, these portuguese sailors occasionally stopped along the coast of africa where they made contact with the local populations, occasionally trading with them. This map gives you a good sense of the nature of these voyages. The portuguese exchanged various goods, such as textiles and weapons (guns and knives) for precious minerals (gold and silver) and spices. They also made contact with the political rulers of the african states visited.
