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Over the period known as the Age of Exploration the Portuguese used Africa as a trade route.
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During the 15th century, Henry the Navigator leads many expeditions across the African continent in which is now Libya and Morocco and parts of the Ivory Coast.
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In 1419 the Portuguese discovered the Madeira Islands off the coast of northwest Africa.
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Portuguese explorers discover the Azores in 1427. The Azores were very near the Madeira Islands but for some reason were not explored at the same time as the Madeira`s.
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Henry has the dubious distinction of being a founder of the Atlantic slave trade. He started his hunting expedition in 1441. The two men captured several Africans and brought them back to Portugal. Within a few years, Portugal was deeply involved in the slave trade.
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Dinis Dias reaches the mouth of the Senegal River in West Africa.
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The Portuguese land on Cape Verde and the Gambia River
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Henry died in 1460 in Sagres, Portugal. By the time of his death, Portuguese explorers and traders had advanced as far as the region of modern-day Sierra Leone. He died at the age of 66 from natural causes.
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In 1466 the Portuguese settlers on the Cape Verde Islands owned the slave trade monopoly.
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In 1483 the Portuguese venture farther into Africa, this time settling near the mouth of the Congo River.
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In 1450 the Portuguese use the caravel for the first time when they sail around the West Coast of Africa.
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In 1483 the Portuguese moved even farther into Africa, this time settling near the mouth of the Congo River.
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Bartholomeau Dias reaches the Cape of Good Hope
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The Treaty of Tordesillas officially divides the world, including Africa, in half. The Treaty divided land among countries so they could all explore.
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The Treaty of Tordesillas officially divides the world, including Africa, in half.
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Vasco de Gama sails from the coast of Africa to India.
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Vasco de Gama goes from Africa to India in the years from 1497 to 1498.
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The Greeks and Romans settled in Northern Africa in the being of the 15th Century.
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In the 1500s the Portuguese started the trading posts in the Mozambique Territory.
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Portuguese probe the West Coast, all throughout the 15th Century.
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Portuguese, while in the Coast, establish ivory trade which flourishes.
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In the years from 1503 to 1518 the first slaves were shipped through the Middle Passage directly from Africa to the Americas. Most of the early slaves were taken from modern day Benin, Nigeria, and Cameroon.
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In 1503 the trading post on the island of Zanzibar was established by the Portuguese settlers and explorers.
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In 1503 the first trading post was established on the Zanzibar Island by the colonists and explorers.
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Magellan leads the exploration and becomes the first to circumnavigate the Earth.
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Slave Trade begins in Africa, using the Middle Passage as transport.
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In the 1600s the slave trade started but it really took off in the Americas in 1650 with the rise of plantations. The slave trade did not officially end until 1865 with the end of the Civil War.
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Creation of the Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Inside Parts of Africa.
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Clotilde was the last known U.S. slave ship to bring captives from Africa to the United States, arriving at Mobile Bay in autumn 1859
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African exploration ends as it is now settled.
