Portuguese Gold Coast

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Portuguese colony former colony historical region

The Portuguese Gold Coast was a former Portuguese colonial possession on the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa, centered on fortified trading posts that played a key role in early European involvement in the Atlantic slave and gold trades.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Portuguese Gold Coast canonical 2
West African trade – Kingdom of Portugal 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Portuguese colony ⓘ
former colony ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
borderedBy Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
coastline Gold Coast ⓘ
colonialPower Portugal ⓘ
colonialType fortified coastal enclave ⓘ
trading-post colony ⓘ
country Kingdom of Portugal ⓘ
endTime 1600s ⓘ
17th century ⓘ
establishedBy Portuguese merchants ⓘ
Portuguese navigators ⓘ
export enslaved Africans ⓘ
gold ⓘ
ivory ⓘ
governingSystem overseas possession of Portugal ⓘ
hasFeature coastal forts ⓘ
factories ⓘ
fortified trading posts ⓘ
historicalRole first sustained European presence on the Gold Coast ⓘ
import European manufactured goods ⓘ
alcohol ⓘ
firearms ⓘ
textiles ⓘ
language Portuguese ⓘ
locatedIn Gulf of Guinea ⓘ
Sub-Saharan Africa ⓘ
West Africa ⓘ
mainEconomicActivity Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
gold trade ⓘ
ivory trade ⓘ
pepper trade ⓘ
partOf Atlantic world ⓘ
surface form: Atlantic World

Portuguese Empire ⓘ
presentDayLocation Benin ⓘ
Ghana ⓘ
Côte d'Ivoire ⓘ
surface form: Ivory Coast

Togo ⓘ
purpose acquisition of slaves for Atlantic plantations ⓘ
control of gold trade routes ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
significance early European involvement in Atlantic gold trade ⓘ
early European involvement in Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
startTime 1470s ⓘ
15th century ⓘ
tradeNetwork Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
surface form: Atlantic slave trade network

trans-Saharan gold trade connections ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dutch–Portuguese War → mainTheater → Portuguese Gold Coast ⓘ
British Gold Coast → precededBy → Portuguese Gold Coast ⓘ
Treaty of Alcáçovas → allocatedTo → Portuguese Gold Coast ⓘ
this entity surface form: West African trade – Kingdom of Portugal