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He sponsored expeditions of discovery in the Atlantic Ocean, down the western coast of Africa.
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Prince Henry intensified the exploration of Africa, sending between 30 and 40 of his ships on missions
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the Portuguese had explored the coast of Africa all the way to Sierra Leon
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Before the late 15th century, Europeans were neither economically nor politically able to set up and maintain a long distance trading relationship
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Even though they had a very diminished role in the trade on the coast of west Africa by the end of the 17th century
