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A Portuguese prince, Henry the Navigator, becomes fascinated by exploration down the coast of Africa and commissions successive voyages
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Bartolomeu Dias, sailing for the king of Portugal, becomes the first European navigator to round the Cape of Good Hope
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The French build a trading station on the estuary of the Senegal river in west Africa.
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Dutch nomads, pressing far north from Cape Town, become known as the Trekboer
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The paddle steamer Alburkah becomes the first ocean-going iron ship, completing the journey from England to the Niger
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France and Britain agree colonial boundaries for Senegal and Gambia in West Africa
