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    Fort Coenraadsburg or Conraadsburg, also Fort São Tiago da Mina, is a small Portuguese chapel built in honor of Saint Jago and it is situated opposite...
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    among European powers. Many more would come. The town grew around São Jorge da Mina Castle, built by the Portuguese Diogo de Azambuja in 1482 on the site...
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    sent gifts to Caramansa and his officials. The construction of the Fort São Jorge da Mina began on 21 January 1482. The Portuguese built a rectangular fortress...
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  • Sustentável a Zona da Mata de Pernambuco - PROMATA". Archived from the original on 2007-08-01. Retrieved 2008-07-23. "| Leis Mineiras". "São João del Rei-MG"...
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    coast of present-day Ghana. This fortress, a trade castle called São Jorge da Mina, was constructed to protect Portuguese trade from European competitors...
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  • the state of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. With the exception of a few families in Amazonas, Pernambuco and Minas Gerais, the cities of São Paulo and Rio...
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  • Charles Beresford Howe, D/M.7641. Chief Petty Officer Writer William Clarence Jago, D/MX.46798. Chief Petty Officer Writer Arthur Charles Neal, D/MX.48823....
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  • States The ship was wrecked on the Florida Reef. She was on a voyage from St. Jago de Cuba to the United States. This ship also reported to be the captured...
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  • captured and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean east of São Miguel by the privateer Midas ( United States). St. Jago  United Kingdom The ship was lost at the mouth...
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