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islands. English merchants, encouraged by their government, sought to establish a foothold in the trade. Though they tried working with treaties and diplomatic agreements, there was still a growing tension by the
English, as well as the French, to gain influence over the Portuguese controlled
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granted a trading monopoly to a group of
English merchants, allowing them to trade with around the Senegal and Gambia rivers. However, their arrival in West Africa was met with violence from both the Portuguese and local forces.
1400:. Initially, the traders sought to trade in peace, but the Portuguese met them with violence. Through manipulation and false reports, the Portuguese convinced the local forces that the English were dangerous interlopers.
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As a result, an ambush was organized against the
English, killing 40 traders.
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Annual Report on the Social and
Economic Progress of the People of The Gambia
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took place in 1589. It was the murder and expulsion of
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1181:Banda Oriental (1776–77)
1134:Banda Oriental (1735–37)
902:Cape of Good Hope (1630)
1355:began to challenge the
1305:Guinea-Bissau (1963–74)
832:Coromandel Coast (1619)
1325:Portudal–Joal Massacre
1218:Mozambique (1847–1910)
837:Persian Gulf (1621–22)
735:Indian Ocean (1586–89)
495:Indian Ocean (1538–60)
295:Persian Gulf (1507–15)
260:Indian Ocean (1505–17)
19:Portudal–Joal Massacre
1359:over trade routes in
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365:Sri Lanka (1520–1658)
108:Casualties and losses
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1270:Mozambique (1917–18)
1255:East Timor (1911–12)
1193:French Guiana (1809)
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1037:1st Sri Lanka (1654)
445:Moluccas (1530–1607)
1509:Massacres in Africa
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847:Persian Gulf (1622)
817:Persian Gulf (1614)
755:Sri Lanka (1587–88)
740:Persian Gulf (1586)
615:Sri Lanka (1557–58)
605:Gulf of Oman (1554)
590:Persian Gulf (1551)
460:Persian Gulf (1534)
440:Persian Gulf (1529)
89:Kingdom of Portugal
1480:Gray, J.M (1940).
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350:East Africa (1517)
275:East Africa (1507)
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67:Portuguese victory
1524:Conflicts in 1589
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802:Malaysia (1606)
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705:Malaysia (1575)
700:Malaysia (1574)
695:Malaysia (1573)
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670:Goa (1570–1571)
610:Pakistan (1557)
595:Malaysia (1551)
575:Malaysia (1547)
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550:Ethiopia (1542)
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540:Ethiopia (1542)
535:Ethiopia (1542)
525:Ethiopia (1542)
520:Ethiopia (1541)
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475:Malaysia (1535)
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660:Malacca (1568)
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372:
370:Sumatra (1521)
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335:Morocco (1515)
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1365:Senegal River
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1077:Angola (1670)
1075:
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1063:
1062:Angola (1665)
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1057:Margão (1659)
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1047:Mannar (1658)
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1025:
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1012:Angola (1647)
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1007:Brazil (1645)
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957:Brazil (1638)
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927:Bengal (1632)
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918:
917:Brazil (1631)
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898:
895:
893:
890:
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870:
868:
867:Brazil (1624)
865:
863:
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855:
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827:Jaffna (1619)
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1285:India (1954)
1239:20th century
1223:China (1849)
1213:China (1846)
1187:19th century
1149:India (1752)
1144:India (1746)
1139:India (1746)
1109:India (1704)
1103:18th century
1092:India (1693)
967:India (1639)
952:India (1638)
912:Jambi (1630)
852:China (1622)
807:India (1612)
781:17th century
764:
720:India (1581)
650:Japan (1565)
635:Japan (1561)
625:India (1559)
570:India (1547)
565:India (1546)
470:Tunis (1535)
450:India (1531)
420:India (1526)
385:China (1521)
310:India (1510)
305:India (1509)
300:India (1508)
280:India (1507)
270:India (1506)
265:India (1506)
250:India (1504)
234:16th century
167:15th century
76:Belligerents
1381:Elizabeth I
1361:West Africa
787:Java (1601)
425:Java (1527)
1503:Categories
1415:References
1373:Cape Verde
1371:, and the
1357:Portuguese
1347:Background
355:Goa (1517)
1442:Gray 1940
1420:Footnotes
1407:Aftermath
1379:In 1589,
1376:regions.
116:40 killed
1394:Portudal
1388:Massacre
1333:Portudal
49:Portudal
44:Location
24:Part of
1474:Sources
1353:English
1341:Senegal
1329:English
113:Unknown
57:Senegal
1488:
1369:Gambia
99:
64:Result
1463:(PDF)
1486:ISBN
1398:Joal
1396:and
1337:Joal
1335:and
1323:The
53:Joal
51:and
39:1589
36:Date
1505::
1449:^
1428:^
1367:,
1343:.
55:,
1494:.
145:e
138:t
131:v
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