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Portugal's Forgotten African Fortresses: Arguim to Mombasa
This episode explores the network of Portuguese feitorias and fortresses along the African coast, from the first slave-trading outpost at Arguim in 1445 to the massive fortress of Mombasa that guarded the Indian Ocean trade. Lucas and Luna discuss how these fortified trading posts functioned as nodes of commerce, military power, and cultural exchange. They cover the role of the caravel in reaching these shores, the cartaz system that controlled shipping, the conflicts with local rulers and the Ottoman Empire, and the brutal realities of the slave trade that flowed through these outposts…
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