• Cape Bojador (Arabic: رأس بوجادور, trans. Rā's Būjādūr; Berber languages: ⴱⵓⵊⴷⵓⵔ, Bujdur; Spanish and Portuguese: Cabo Bojador; French: Cap Boujdour)...
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    Boujdour lighthouse (or Cabo Bojador Light; French: Phare de Boujdour, Arabic: منارة راس بوجدور) is a lighthouse located near Cape Bojador in the city of Boujdour...
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  • Cape Chaunar (redirect from Cabo de Não)
    true northern coastal limit of the Sahara desert, although nearby Cape Bojador is frequently mistakenly called this. The thirteenth-century Genovese navigators...
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    both countries recognize that the authority of Morocco extended beyond Cabo Bojador. Other treaties extending the authority further south are also raised...
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    Cape Juby (redirect from Cabo Juby)
    Cape Juby (Arabic: رأس جوبي, trans. Raʾs Juby, Spanish: Cabo Juby) is a cape on the coast of southern Morocco, near the border with Western Sahara, directly...
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  • Senegal Cape Agulhas, South Africa, Africa's southernmost point Cape Bojador, Morocco Cape Correntes, Mozambique Cape Delgado, Mozambique Cape Juby...
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  • Marchand Lassarga/Port-Îlot) located in a shelter bay south of the airport, Cabo Bojador - small port with fishing boats store inland and Laayoune (El Aaiun)...
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  • Atlantic coastlines of the country. It includes the two lighthouses of Cabo Bojador, and El Cabino that are in the territory of Western Sahara. Map all coordinates...
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    in charge of giving licenses to fish in the Afro-Atlantic waters from Cabo Bojador to the Río de Oro, which they leased from the Catholic Monarchs Isabella...
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    Cabo Blanco. Robert Adams's Narrative recounts a similar experience. The Pharaon from The Count of Monte Cristo sinks between here and Cape Bojador....
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    south of Cape Bojador. 1444—Dinis Dias reached Cape Green (Cabo Verde). 1445—Álvaro Fernandes sailed beyond Cabo Verde and reached Cabo dos Mastros (Cape...
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    Spanish Africanist Emilio Bonelli, claimed the coast between Cape Bojador and Cabo Blanco for Spain, founding three settlements on the Saharan coast:...
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    Smara (Semara) السمارة 28,750 33,910 57,035 North West Morocco Cape Bojador (Cabo Boujdour) بو جدور 15,167 36,731 42,651 North West Morocco El Marsa المرسى...
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    south of Cape Bojador. 1444 — Dinis Dias reached Cape Green (Cabo Verde). 1445 — Álvaro Fernandes sailed beyond Cabo Verde and reached Cabo dos Mastros...
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    (south of Cape Bojador), with the city Dakhla. The peninsula in the extreme southwest, with the city of Lagouira, is called Ras Nouadhibou, Cabo Blanco, or...
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    Minho-class Cacine-class Bolina-class Levante-class Tufão-class Calmaria-class Bojador-class Ribamar-class Zodíaco-class Mar Creta-class Musherib class ARES 75...
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    special operations) MAN TGM 18.290 4X2 BL (1 unit) Bicycles Órbita GNR Boats Bojador-class offshore surveillance (1 unit) Ribamar-class surveillance and interception...
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    the Azores. 1434 – Gil Eanes passes Cabo de Não and becomes the first confirmed person to sail beyond Cape Bojador and return alive. 1444 – Dinis Dias...
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    Polisario Front. In 1884 Spain claimed a protectorate over the coast from Cape Bojador to Cap Blanc. Later, the Spanish extended their area of control. In 1958...
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  • patent granting him an exclusive monopoly over all navigation south of Cape Bojador, whether for the purpose of war or trade. Any ship sailing south of it...
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    process. In 1884, Spain claimed a protectorate over the coast from Cape Bojador to Cap Blanc. Later, the Spanish extended their area of control. In 1958...
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    starting in 1421, systematic sailing overcame it, reaching the difficult Cape Bojador that in 1434 one of Henry's captains, Gil Eanes, finally passed. From 1440...
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    azorean island of Santa Maria in 1427. In 1424, Gil Eanes crosses the Cape Bojador. Diogo Cão and Bartolomeu Dias arrived to the mouth of the Zaire River...
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  • Prince Henry the Navigator (Infante Don Henrique of Portugal) rounds Cape Bojador in Western Sahara. This voyage marks the start of the Portuguese exploration...
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  • Silves. 1433 Duarte of Portugal becomes king. 1434 Gil Eanes crosses the Bojador Cape: exploration of the African coast begins. 1438 Afonso V of Portugal...
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    advances in African coastal navigation were made, such as the passage of Cape Bojador by Gil Eanes, which debunks the myth of the Sagres school. This tradition...
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  • troopship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Cape Bojador, Río de Oro (26°30′N 14°17′W / 26.500°N 14.283°W / 26.500; -14.283)...
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