The Portuguese presence in Northern Africa lasted from 1415, when Ceuta was conquered by King João I, to 1769. This date represents the epilogue of a political, military, and commercial investment in the Maghreb, when the evacuation of Mazagão was decided in Lisbon. For more than three and a half centuries, its main expression consisted in isolated enclaves along th
The history of the Portuguese city of Mazagão is also the history of a journey over the Atlantic. De...
Starting from 1415 when - after a previous and similar expedition that failed - they conquered the c...
North-western Africa’s history gathers a palimpsest of powers and regimes where European colonialism...
[Excerpt] Portugal held overseas possessions in Africa, South America and Asia from the beginning of...
In 1415, after some failed assaults, an army from Portugal took over the Northern Africa town of Ceu...
The Portuguese presence in Northern Africa started with the conquest of Ceuta, in 1415, and ended wi...
Both shores of the Strait of Gibraltar share a long past of social, military and cultural interactiv...
The seize of the city of Ceuta (1415), strategically very important port in Gibraltar strait, began ...
In 1415, Portugal started a series of occupations in North Africa. This process extended until 1769 ...
Unlike Mazagão, which represents the long-lasting Portuguese new settlement in North Africa (1514-17...
In 1415 Portugal initiated its Overseas Expansion. The conquest of Ceuta began a settling process th...
UID/HIS/04209/2013The dissolution of Portugal’s African empire took place in the mid-1970s, a decade...
The colonial history of Portugal is particular in several ways. Not only was Portugal among the firs...
[Extrait] En 1415, le Maghreb arabo-berbère et islamique vit l’arrivée d’un nouvel acteur politique,...
Após a entrada de Ceuta na coroa de Castela, os portugueses continuaram a ter interesse no que se pa...
The history of the Portuguese city of Mazagão is also the history of a journey over the Atlantic. De...
Starting from 1415 when - after a previous and similar expedition that failed - they conquered the c...
North-western Africa’s history gathers a palimpsest of powers and regimes where European colonialism...
[Excerpt] Portugal held overseas possessions in Africa, South America and Asia from the beginning of...
In 1415, after some failed assaults, an army from Portugal took over the Northern Africa town of Ceu...
The Portuguese presence in Northern Africa started with the conquest of Ceuta, in 1415, and ended wi...
Both shores of the Strait of Gibraltar share a long past of social, military and cultural interactiv...
The seize of the city of Ceuta (1415), strategically very important port in Gibraltar strait, began ...
In 1415, Portugal started a series of occupations in North Africa. This process extended until 1769 ...
Unlike Mazagão, which represents the long-lasting Portuguese new settlement in North Africa (1514-17...
In 1415 Portugal initiated its Overseas Expansion. The conquest of Ceuta began a settling process th...
UID/HIS/04209/2013The dissolution of Portugal’s African empire took place in the mid-1970s, a decade...
The colonial history of Portugal is particular in several ways. Not only was Portugal among the firs...
[Extrait] En 1415, le Maghreb arabo-berbère et islamique vit l’arrivée d’un nouvel acteur politique,...
Após a entrada de Ceuta na coroa de Castela, os portugueses continuaram a ter interesse no que se pa...
The history of the Portuguese city of Mazagão is also the history of a journey over the Atlantic. De...
Starting from 1415 when - after a previous and similar expedition that failed - they conquered the c...
North-western Africa’s history gathers a palimpsest of powers and regimes where European colonialism...