The dominating feature of this East African port is Fort Jesus, a Portuguese stronghold built around 1593
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Fort Jesus - Wikipedia  Fort Jesus is a Portuguese fort located on Mombasa Island. It was built between 1593 and 1596, by order of King Philip I of Portugal, to guard the Old Port of ... Cairati, who was the Chief Architect for Portuguese possessions in the East. ... Oman House, which was the house for Sultan who governed the East African coast.
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Fort Jesus Mombasa: a Portuguese fortress in Kenya - Colonial ...  Fort Jesus was built after the Portuguese had become masters of the East ... to the Old Port of Mombasa, was built by the Portuguese in 1593-1596 to protect their .... The Portuguese built several small forts around Fort Jesus in Mombasa for a .... Kirkman,J. Fort Jesus: a Portuguese fortress on the East African coast 327 pp.
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Kenyalogy - Kenya Safari Web: Historic places: At the coast  In July 2011, Fort Jesus was designated a Unesco World Heritage Site, being the ... The stronghold that still today stands at the entrance to the old Mombasa port is a ... Further, Portugal dominated the coast from 1498 to 1698, and along this .... outstanding figures in ancient East Africa were characteristically built bearing a...
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Mombassa - (EA) Safaris  Today Mombasa continues to be the largest port on the East African coast ... Fort Jesus is perhaps Mombasa's biggest attraction as it dominates the harbor entrance. This Portuguese stronghold was built in 1593 to fend off local enemies and ... Treasury Square remains the administrative center of Mombasa and features old...
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Game Show NewsNet - Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions 2006  May 8, 2006 ... The clue: The dominating feature of this East African port is Fort Jesus, a Portuguese stronghold built around 1593. Kevin's response: "What is...
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Sri Lanka - The Portuguese in Sri Lanka (1505-1658) | history ...  May 7, 2016 ... 1English has official status as the link language between Sinhala and Tamil. ... seafaring craft to transport a spectrum of cargo, from spices to elephants. In the early 16th century a new force, in the form of Portuguese ships ... Mayadunne, the king of Sitawake, was an ambitious and able ruler who sought to...
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The History of Dar es Salaam - World Travel Guide  Founded by Sultan Majid of Zanzibar in 1862, the earliest buildings were constructed close to Mzizima, a tiny Indian Ocean fishing port. ... East Africa Company, which established a trading station in the city in 1887, ... Tanganyika attained independence in 1961 and joined with nearby Zanzibar to form Tanzania in 1965.
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Buganda | East African kingdom | Britannica.com  Buganda, powerful kingdom of East Africa during the 19th century, located along the northern shore of Lake Victoria in present-day south-central Uganda.
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Fort St. George, India - Wikipedia  Fort St George (or historically, White Town) is the name of the first English (later British) fortress in India, founded in 1644 at the coastal city of Madras, ... The East India Company (EIC), which had entered India around 1600 for trading ... of Arcot and Srirangapatna, as well as the French forces based at Pondichry, at bay.
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history of Portugal | Britannica.com  The Dutch captured the Portuguese fort in 1605, took over the spice trade, and ... which became the first European settlement in the highlands, was built there in 1764. ... The beginning of the 16th century witnessed Portuguese penetration of the .... sultanate under the protection of the Dutch rulers of Ceylon (Sri Lanka), and,...
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Portuguese Colonial War - New World Encyclopedia  May 26, 2015 ... Portuguese colonies in Africa by the time of the Colonial War. The conflict began in Angola on 4 February 4, 1961, in an area .... war ships to the area (known by NATO as the West Africa Patrol). ... 558 of the Portuguese army makes references to violent actions, also in Cabo Delgado, on August 21, 1964.
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Jamestown, Saint Helena - Wikipedia  Jamestown is the capital and historic chief settlement of the island of Saint Helena, in the South Atlantic Ocean. ... First settled, 1659 ... Jamestown was founded in 1659 by the English East India Company and named after James, ..... What links here  Related changes  Upload file  Special pages  Permanent link  Page...
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Lagos Colony - Wikipedia  Lagos Colony was a British colonial possession centred on the port of Lagos in what is now ... Lagos was declared a colony on 5 March 1862. .... By contrast, Africans in the later protectorates of southern and northern Nigeria were .... Thus on 3 February 1893, Carter signed a treaty of protection with the Alafin of Oyo and on...
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By: Jon K. Thornton Footsteps, 15215865, Jan/Feb2006, Vol. 8 ...  The Portuguese pioneered the transatlantic slave trade in the mid-1500s. ... then transported these captives to their colony of Brazil in South America, and, after ... Many of the first Africans in America came from Angola on the west-central coast...
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Imposing edifice opens its doors - Ceylontoday.lk  Jun 12, 2016 ... Fort in Colombo is known for its historical and political prominence in the ... The Presidential House has been the official residence of the leader of the ... During the reign of Queen Victoria it was referred to as Queen's House.
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Top 10 Christian sites at the Sea of Galilee | ISRAEL21c  Oct 9, 2012 ... The most significant places in the ministry of Jesus of Nazareth ... all Galilee teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the ... Also in Tabgha is the Church of St. Peter's Primacy, where Jesus is said to have appeared to ... symbolize the eight beatitudes as described in Matthew 5:3-11) was...
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The Portuguese in Africa in the 19th Century  The Portuguese once had extensive claims on the West African coast -- since ... known as the Swahili Coast, at the end of the 15th century, the Portuguese came...
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Kenya Mombasa - Kenya Safari  Kenya - Mombasa Kenya. ... The fast-growing city, also serves as a port for Tanzania and landlocked Uganda. ... to be the largest port on the East African coast serving the neighbouring countries like Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, etc.
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Lagos, Portugal - Wikipedia  Lagos is a municipality at the mouth of Bensafrim River and along the Atlantic Ocean, in the ... The Moors fortified the town with Lagos Castle and established important trade links to .... To the north of Lagos is the road to Silves, the first capital of Algarve, ... Slave Market/Customshoues of Lagos (Portuguese: Mercado de...
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Cabral Discovers Brazil | History Today  The Portuguese established West African coastal stations from early in the ... led by Pedro lvares Cabral reached the Brazilian coast on April 22nd, 1500. ... triumph to Lisbon from his epoch-making voyage to India round the Cape of Good Hope. ... sailed north for three days to find a landfall near what is now Porto Seguro.
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The Mission San Antonio de Valero  It features the early Spanish/Mexican military history, a much neglected area of study. ... he Mission San Antonio de Valero, established in San Antonio in 1718, was but ... Contemporary reports indicate, however, that the mission church that now ... The walls were sturdy, over three and one-half feet thick, and well built of...