The Portuguese called the southern coast of West Africa the Gold Coast. They first arrived in the area in 1471.
The Gold Coast
Gold Coast
First European nation to send explorers around the west coast of africa? He does that to every question he see's^ But the answer is: The Portuguese.
Pedro Alvarez Cabral was a Portuguese explorer who discovered Brazil. Vasco de Gama and Bartolomeu Dias traveled around the Cape of Good Hope and the rest of the Portuguese explorers traveled to Africa.
Africa
the Portuguese
The Portuguese were incredibly important because of their navigation of the world. They explored places like South America and the Coast of Africa, founding colonies while they went.
Gold Coast
The gold Coast Gold coast
The Portuguese explorers began sailing around the coast of Africa
exploring the coast of Africa
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.
portuguese
Portugal (The Portuguese)
First European nation to send explorers around the west coast of africa? He does that to every question he see's^ But the answer is: The Portuguese.
prince henry
To reach Asia
prince henry the navigator sent out several ships to explore the western coast of africa :)
Pedro Alvarez Cabral was a Portuguese explorer who discovered Brazil. Vasco de Gama and Bartolomeu Dias traveled around the Cape of Good Hope and the rest of the Portuguese explorers traveled to Africa.