Arguin (Arabic: أرغين, Portuguese: Arguim) is an island off the western coast of Mauritania in the Bay of Arguin. It is approximately 6 km × 2 km (3.7 mi... 8 KB (501 words) - 03:54, 26 January 2024 |
Brandenburg-Prussia (section Arguin) established a navy and German colonies in the Brandenburger Gold Coast and Arguin. Frederick William, known as "The Great Elector", opened Brandenburg-Prussia... 65 KB (7,176 words) - 19:31, 2 March 2024 |
Louise Gagnon-Arguin is a Canadian archivist. Gagnon-Arguin was born in 1941 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Quebec. Between 1958 and 1960, she audited librarianship... 9 KB (1,004 words) - 14:34, 24 April 2023 |
native fishing village he found in the Bay of Arguin (in modern Mauritania). The elevated banks of Arguin bay were replete with fish, attracting poor desert-dwelling... 25 KB (3,540 words) - 23:21, 26 December 2023 |
colonies owned by states of Germany: Groß Friedrichsburg (in Ghana), 1683–1718 Arguin (in Mauritania), 1685–1721 Whydah (in present Bénin), c. 1700 (this Brandenburg... 5 KB (458 words) - 17:37, 9 April 2024 |
The Portuguese Empire ruled Arguin (Portuguese: Arguim) from 1445, after Prince Henry the Navigator set up a feitoria, until 1633.... 99 KB (9,186 words) - 13:30, 27 April 2024 |
explored as far south as the Bay of Arguin, where the Portuguese established a trading post at the island of Arguin. Henry ordered the first feitoria or... 4 KB (394 words) - 15:18, 8 April 2024 |
Republic of the Congo) Lado Enclave Ruanda-Urundi (Rwanda and Burundi) Arguin (in Mauritania) Brandenburger Gold Coast (coastal settlements in Ghana)... 20 KB (1,574 words) - 07:18, 22 April 2024 |
all DWIC trading posts on the Senegalese coast as well as the island of Arguin. Having lost almost all the trade in gum arabic, bezoar stone, ambergris... 3 KB (210 words) - 13:20, 30 March 2024 |
even though he had hardly sailed in 20 years, Méduse struck the Bank of Arguin off the coast of present-day Mauritania and became a total loss. Most of... 28 KB (3,468 words) - 03:44, 5 March 2024 |
sighted the Bay of Arguin in 1443 and built an important "forte-feitoria" (a fort protecting a trading post) on the island of Arguin around the year 1448... 28 KB (3,216 words) - 16:21, 10 April 2024 |
Burgas Karkinit Bay Kalamita Bay Sea of Azov Syvash Taganrog Bay Bay of Arguin Dakhlet Nouadhibou Yawri Bay Gulf of Guinea Bight of Benin Bight of Bonny... 23 KB (2,467 words) - 23:06, 19 April 2024 |
colonies, including Brandenburger Gold Coast (Groß Friedrichsburg) and Arguin, which were involved in the slave trade. In order to support this business... 4 KB (447 words) - 08:11, 12 April 2024 |
1527 and was known to be of African descent. It is believed he was from Arguin Island, Mauritania. However, records at the time described him as a "Guinea... 5 KB (500 words) - 20:04, 15 November 2023 |
and Cape Blanco in 1441. In 1443, they built a fortress on the island of Arguin, in modern-day Mauritania, trading European wheat and cloth for African... 42 KB (5,267 words) - 22:48, 23 March 2024 |
and Dependencies Surinam 2 Tobago Virgin Islands Trading posts in Africa Arguin Gold Coast Loango-Angola Senegambia Slave Coast 1 Governed by the Society... 14 KB (899 words) - 21:52, 5 April 2024 |
and Dependencies Surinam 2 Tobago Virgin Islands Trading posts in Africa Arguin Gold Coast Loango-Angola Senegambia Slave Coast 1 Governed by the Society... 36 KB (3,919 words) - 00:52, 22 April 2024 |
overseas was established by Henry the Navigator in 1445 on the island of Arguin, off the coast of Mauritania. It was built to attract Muslim traders and... 17 KB (1,979 words) - 00:09, 14 April 2024 |
and Dependencies Surinam 2 Tobago Virgin Islands Trading posts in Africa Arguin Gold Coast Loango-Angola Senegambia Slave Coast 1 Governed by the Society... 83 KB (9,047 words) - 14:52, 28 April 2024 |
by Henry again, and pressed beyond Cape Blanc to reach the Bay of Arguin. On Arguin island, Tristão encountered a Sanhaja Berber village, the first permanent... 13 KB (1,790 words) - 00:44, 15 December 2023 |
227. Speidel 2007, p. 217-218. Argüín 2015, p. 984. Meakin 2001, p. 85. Rance 2015, p. 7. Southern 2007, p. 211. Argüín, Adolfo Raúl Menéndez (2015-03-04)... 6 KB (648 words) - 21:45, 26 December 2023 |