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Ghana is known as the land of Gold because the Europeans that first settled in Ghana found a lot of gold on the coast line so its name Gold Coast in the precolonial era. There was so much gold it baffled the Europeans and the native then did not know what was the use of that substance and this is not a myth. Those who found it and knew it took it away with the exception of what was left in the rocks which could not easily be carried away. To keep the facts straight it is not true that its neighbors have more gold. Nigeria has a lot of oil and not gold. The only other country that can be compared to Ghana in terms of gold will be South Africa and that's not in the Ghanaian region.
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∙ 15y agoA section of coastal western Africa along the Gulf of Guinea roughly corresponding to present-day Ghana. It was named for the large quantities of gold formerly found in the area and brought to the coast for sale. For the source and more detailed information concerning this request, click on the related links section (Answers.com) indicated below this answer box.
A section of coastal western Africa along the Gulf of Guinea roughly corresponding to present-day Ghana. It was named for the large quantities of gold formerly found in the area and brought to the coast for sale. For the source and more detailed information concerning this request, click on the related links section (Answers.com) indicated below this answer box.
A section of coastal western Africa along the Gulf of Guinea roughly corresponding to present-day Ghana. It was named for the large quantities of gold formerly found in the area and brought to the coast for sale. For the source and more detailed information concerning this request, click on the related links section (Answers.com) indicated below this answer box.
A section of coastal western Africa along the Gulf of Guinea roughly corresponding to present-day Ghana. It was named for the large quantities of gold formerly found in the area and brought to the coast for sale. For the source and more detailed information concerning this request, click on the related links section (Answers.com) indicated below this answer box.
A section of coastal western Africa along the Gulf of Guinea roughly corresponding to present-day Ghana. It was named for the large quantities of gold formerly found in the area and brought to the coast for sale. For the source and more detailed information concerning this request, click on the related links section (Answers.com) indicated below this answer box.
A section of coastal western Africa along the Gulf of Guinea roughly corresponding to present-day Ghana. It was named for the large quantities of gold formerly found in the area and brought to the coast for sale. For the source and more detailed information concerning this request, click on the related links section (Answers.com) indicated below this answer box.
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∙ 15y agoA section of coastal western Africa along the Gulf of Guinea roughly corresponding to present-day Ghana. It was named for the large quantities of gold formerly found in the area and brought to the coast for sale. For the source and more detailed information concerning this request, click on the related links section (Answers.com) indicated below this answer box.
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What was the main goal of early Portuguese exploration along the coast of Africa?
The portuguese wanted to find gold along the coast of Africa
What are some countries located in Africa's gold coast?
Ghana and Togo
Because of the riches found in parts of West Africa this area became known as the?
gold coast
Where did early Portuguese explore of Africa?
To reach Asia
Do you capitalize eastern coast in Africa's eastern coast?
Yes you do, because it is a name of a specific place.
Which ocean is on the gold coast?
The Gold Coast was in west Africa. It is now known as the nation of Ghana.It has no relation to the city of the Gold Coast in southeast Queensland.
What was the Southern coast of west Africa known as by the Portuguese explorers?
The Portuguese called the southern coast of West Africa the Gold Coast. They first arrived in the area in 1471.
How did the portuguese explorers refer to the southern coast of west Africa?
The gold Coast Gold coast
The Gold Coast lies in which body of water?
The Gold Coast, Australia, is on the Coral Sea, an offshoot of the Pacific Ocean. The former Gold Coast in western Africa (now Ghana) lies on the Gulf of Guinea, which opens out onto the Atlantic Ocean.
What hotel is located on the coast and made of gold?
In the west of Africa, there is 'The Gold coast'' in the west. The hotel is made sufficiently out of gold. As requested, Africa's hotel is made of pure gold, which stands now in the west.
When did the Portuguese explores the gold coast of west 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.
How did the West coast of Africa come to be know as the Gold coast?
Ghana was once known as the Gold Coast because of the abundance of gold found there. Ghana is the second-largest producer of gold on the African continent.
What did the Portuguese explorers call the southern west coast of Africa?
Gold Coast
Who benefited from exploring the coast of Africa by bringing home gold and what?
the people that went to africa brought back the gold
What was the western portion of Africa become known as after the abundance of gold?
The Gold Coast.
What was the main goal of early Portuguese exploration along the coast of Africa?
The portuguese wanted to find gold along the coast of Africa
What is the name of the island of the coast of Africa?
Madagascar is the largest island off the coast of Africa.
