By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek ….. Part 1 | Part 2 * * * While Portugal originally claimed a massive swath of Africa–from Angola on the west coast to Mozambique on the east coast–the British Empire disputed the Iberian nation’s right to a number of central territories. A subsequent ultimatum delivered on January 11, 1890, […]
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By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek ….. Portugal’s first contact with East Africa was during the “Age of Exploration” in the late 1400s. What followed was 500 years of direct, highly exploitative rule, lasting until the 1970s. Portugal’s East African holdings, originally a disjointed grouping of territories traditionally called África Oriental Portuguesa, eventually coalesced into Portuguese […]
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By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek ….. Portugal’s first contact with East Africa was during the “Age of Exploration” in the late 1400s. What followed was 500 years of direct, highly exploitative rule, lasting until the 1970s. Portugal’s East African holdings, originally a disjointed grouping of territories traditionally called África Oriental Portuguesa, eventually coalesced into Portuguese […]
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By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek ….. Portugal’s first contact with East Africa was during the “Age of Exploration” in the late 1400s. What followed was 500 years of direct, highly exploitative rule, lasting until the 1970s. Portugal’s East African holdings, originally a disjointed grouping of territories traditionally called África Oriental Portuguesa, eventually coalesced into Portuguese […]
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