By building small forts and trading post's. from the West of Africa, they sailed arouond the continet, and continued to establlish forts and trading posts, but they also attacked coastal cities of East Africa, such as Mombasa and Malindi, which were hubs of international trade.
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The portuguese wanted to find gold along the coast of Africa
The Portuguese called the southern coast of West Africa the Gold Coast. They first arrived in the area in 1471.
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In 1471, the Portuguese explorers were the first European explorers to visit the Gold Coast of West Africa. The Gold Coast was a British colony on the Gulf of Guinea in west Africa that became the independent nation of Ghana in 1957.
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