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European exploration of Africa

European explorers mapped much of Africa's interior by the 1870s, but key expeditions continued into the 1880s.

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In the 15th century, expeditions backed by Portugal, including those led by Italian explorers Alvise Cadamosto and Antoniotto Usodimare along the Gambia River and Antonio de Noli in the Cape Verde archipelago, initiated a new era of European interaction with Sub-Saharan Africa.[1]

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The Open Library record for "White Africans" lists Jonathan Ball Publishers as its publisher and 2012 as its publication year.[5] The Open Library record for "The Cambridge history of Africa" lists Cambridge University Press as its publisher and 2002 as its publication year.[6]

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  1. Wikipedia, "European exploration of Africa" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Astengo C, Balla M., Brigati I., Ferrada de Noli M., Gomes L., Hall T., Pires V., Rosetti C. Da Noli a Capo Verde. Antonio de Noli e l'inizio delle scoperte del (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "European exploration of Africa" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Lloyd, "Necho and the Red Sea: Some Considerations", Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, 16 October 2015, p. 142–155 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "European exploration of Africa" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: The Periplus of Hanno; a voyage of discovery down the west African coast (1912); Harden, "The Phoenicians", Penguin, 1971; "Some taking Hanno to the Cameroons, or even Gabon, while others say he stopped at Sierre Leone." (Harden 1971, p. 169).; "The Cambridge History of Africa, Volume 2", Cambridge University Press, 1979, p. 135 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "European exploration of Africa" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: The limit of Ptolemy's knowledge in the west is Cape Spartel (35° 48 N); while he does assume that the coast eventually retreats in a "Great Gulf of the Western (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Open Library record, ISBN 9781868424917 ("White Africans"). CC0 (metadata); book content not read. openlibrary.org
  6. Open Library record, ISBN 9780521215923 ("The Cambridge history of Africa"). CC0 (metadata); book content not read. openlibrary.org

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