Historical Documents The Arrival of Europeans in Africa 1795

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click image for close-up	Many years had passed between the arrival of Europeans to Africa and 1795, the time this image was engraved. The Portuguese, who had explored much of the coast of western Africa under the sponsorship of Prince Henry, landed along the shores of the Senegal River 350 years earlier. Image Credit: Musée national des Arts d'Afrique et d'Oceanie previous | next
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