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.ib-settlement .infobox-below{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Arguin</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-native" lang="ar">أرغين</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AMH-6744-NA_View_of_Arguin_castle.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Watercolour drawing of Fort Arguin by Johannes Vingboons, ca. 1663"><img alt="Watercolour drawing of Fort Arguin by Johannes Vingboons, ca. 1663" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/AMH-6744-NA_View_of_Arguin_castle.jpg/300px-AMH-6744-NA_View_of_Arguin_castle.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="228" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/AMH-6744-NA_View_of_Arguin_castle.jpg/450px-AMH-6744-NA_View_of_Arguin_castle.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/AMH-6744-NA_View_of_Arguin_castle.jpg/600px-AMH-6744-NA_View_of_Arguin_castle.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="1825" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Watercolour drawing of Fort Arguin by <a href="/wiki/Johannes_Vingboons" title="Johannes Vingboons">Johannes Vingboons</a>, ca. 1663</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td 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.pr>div{background:#fff!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:300px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:300px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:300px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mauritania_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Arguin is located in Mauritania"><img alt="Arguin is located in Mauritania" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Mauritania_location_map.svg/300px-Mauritania_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="324" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Mauritania_location_map.svg/450px-Mauritania_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Mauritania_location_map.svg/600px-Mauritania_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1283" data-file-height="1384" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:52.92%;left:9.559%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Arguin"><img alt="Arguin" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Arguin</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location in Mauritania</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Arguin&params=20.6000_N_16.4500_W_region:MR_type:city"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">20°36′00″N</span> <span class="longitude">16°27′00″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">20.6000°N 16.4500°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">20.6000; -16.4500</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Mauritania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mauritania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Mauritania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mauritania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Mauritania.svg/45px-Flag_of_Mauritania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Mauritania" title="Mauritania">Mauritania</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_Mauritania" title="Regions of Mauritania">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dakhlet_Nouadhibou_Region" title="Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region">Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">0 m (0 ft)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Arguin</b> (<a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl">أرغين</span>, <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_language" title="Portuguese language">Portuguese</a>: <i lang="pt">Arguim</i>) is an island off the western coast of <a href="/wiki/Mauritania" title="Mauritania">Mauritania</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Arguin" title="Bay of Arguin">Bay of Arguin</a>. It is approximately 6 km × 2 km (3.7 mi × 1.2 mi) in size, with extensive and dangerous <a href="/wiki/Reef" title="Reef">reefs</a> around it.<sup id="cite_ref-EB1911_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB1911-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The island is now part of the <a href="/wiki/Banc_d%27Arguin_National_Park" title="Banc d'Arguin National Park">Banc d'Arguin National Park</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Park_Site_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Park_Site-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arguin&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The island changed hands frequently during the <a href="/wiki/History_of_colonialism" title="History of colonialism">colonial era</a>. The first European to visit the island was the Portuguese explorer <a href="/wiki/Nuno_Trist%C3%A3o" title="Nuno Tristão">Nuno Tristão</a>, in 1443.<sup id="cite_ref-Lander's_Travels_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lander's_Travels-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1445, Prince <a href="/wiki/Prince_Henry_the_Navigator" title="Prince Henry the Navigator">Henry the Navigator</a> set up a trading post on the island, which acquired <a href="/wiki/Gum_arabic" title="Gum arabic">gum arabic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Slavery_in_Portugal" title="Slavery in Portugal">enslaved people for Portugal</a>. By 1455, 800 enslaved people were shipped from Arguin to Portugal every year.<sup id="cite_ref-AntiSlavery.org_Portugal_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AntiSlavery.org_Portugal-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dutch_West_India_Company_rule">Dutch West India Company rule</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arguin&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Dutch West India Company rule"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:AMH-7677-NA_Floorplan_of_the_fort_at_Axim.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/AMH-7677-NA_Floorplan_of_the_fort_at_Axim.jpg/220px-AMH-7677-NA_Floorplan_of_the_fort_at_Axim.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="177" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/AMH-7677-NA_Floorplan_of_the_fort_at_Axim.jpg/330px-AMH-7677-NA_Floorplan_of_the_fort_at_Axim.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/AMH-7677-NA_Floorplan_of_the_fort_at_Axim.jpg/440px-AMH-7677-NA_Floorplan_of_the_fort_at_Axim.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="1934" /></a><figcaption>Floor plan of Fort Arguin, presumably drafted after the capture of Fort Arguin in 1633.</figcaption></figure> <p>On 5 February 1633, a Dutch expeditionary force of forty soldiers under the command of Laurens Cameels took possession of Fort Arguin.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEvan_Groesen2019145_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEvan_Groesen2019145-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They did this under the orders of the Zeeland chamber of the Dutch West India Company, which had awarded a <a href="/wiki/Patroonship" class="mw-redirect" title="Patroonship">patroonship</a> over the island to <a href="/wiki/Abraham_van_Peere" title="Abraham van Peere">Abraham van Peere</a>, who also possessed the colony of <a href="/wiki/Berbice" title="Berbice">Berbice</a> in South America.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEvan_Groesen2019148–149_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEvan_Groesen2019148–149-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Abraham van Peere sent his son Daniel to Arguin to serve as its first <a href="/wiki/Chief_factor" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief factor">chief factor</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEvan_Groesen2019150_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEvan_Groesen2019150-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Daniel van Peere was taken hostage and eventually murdered by local peoples after setting out on a trading mission to <a href="/wiki/Porto_d%27Arco" class="mw-redirect" title="Porto d'Arco">Porto d'Arco</a> in July 1633.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEvan_Groesen2019150–159_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEvan_Groesen2019150–159-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This led to a mutiny among the soldiers and a subsequent prosecution of the leaders of the mutiny in Zeeland.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEvan_Groesen2019159–161_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEvan_Groesen2019159–161-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The island remained under the authority of the Zeeland chamber of the Dutch West India Company until 1678, with a brief interruption by English rule in 1665. Around 1670, it was occupied by a chief factor and a garrison of 25 men.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEvan_Brakel1914100–101_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEvan_Brakel1914100–101-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> France took over the island in September 1678, but it was then abandoned until 1685.<sup id="cite_ref-Sovereignty_Timeline_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sovereignty_Timeline-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Arguin's aridity and its lack of a good anchorage made long-term European settlement difficult.<sup id="cite_ref-EB1911_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB1911-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Brandenburg_rule">Brandenburg rule</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arguin&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Brandenburg rule"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chateau_d%27Arguin_en_l%27%C3%A9tat_o%C3%B9_il_%C3%A9toit_le_5_novembre_1716_-_(Compagnon)_-_btv1b85954830.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Chateau_d%27Arguin_en_l%27%C3%A9tat_o%C3%B9_il_%C3%A9toit_le_5_novembre_1716_-_%28Compagnon%29_-_btv1b85954830.jpg/220px-Chateau_d%27Arguin_en_l%27%C3%A9tat_o%C3%B9_il_%C3%A9toit_le_5_novembre_1716_-_%28Compagnon%29_-_btv1b85954830.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Chateau_d%27Arguin_en_l%27%C3%A9tat_o%C3%B9_il_%C3%A9toit_le_5_novembre_1716_-_%28Compagnon%29_-_btv1b85954830.jpg/330px-Chateau_d%27Arguin_en_l%27%C3%A9tat_o%C3%B9_il_%C3%A9toit_le_5_novembre_1716_-_%28Compagnon%29_-_btv1b85954830.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Chateau_d%27Arguin_en_l%27%C3%A9tat_o%C3%B9_il_%C3%A9toit_le_5_novembre_1716_-_%28Compagnon%29_-_btv1b85954830.jpg/440px-Chateau_d%27Arguin_en_l%27%C3%A9tat_o%C3%B9_il_%C3%A9toit_le_5_novembre_1716_-_%28Compagnon%29_-_btv1b85954830.jpg 2x" data-file-width="10304" data-file-height="7984" /></a><figcaption>Arguin in 1716.</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1685, Captain Cornelius Reers of the frigate <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rother_L%C3%B6we&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rother Löwe (page does not exist)">Rother Löwe</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rother_L%C3%B6we" class="extiw" title="de:Rother Löwe">de</a>]</span></i> occupied the old Portuguese fort on the island. He successfully concluded a treaty with the native king, in which <a href="/wiki/Brandenburg-Prussia" class="mw-redirect" title="Brandenburg-Prussia">Brandenburg</a> was accepted as a protecting power. The treaty was ratified in 1687 and was renewed in 1698.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Arguin remained a colony of Brandenburg until 1721 when the French successfully assaulted the fort and then took control of the island. The Dutch took the fort and island from the French the following year only to lose it again in 1724 to the French. This period of French rule lasted four years; in 1728, it reverted to the control of indigenous peoples.<sup id="cite_ref-Sovereignty_Timeline_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sovereignty_Timeline-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The island was included in the territory of the French colony of <a href="/wiki/Mauritania" title="Mauritania">Mauritania</a>, and it remained under Mauritanian rule when that country became independent in 1960.<sup id="cite_ref-Park_Site_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Park_Site-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 1816, the French frigate <i><a href="/wiki/French_frigate_M%C3%A9duse_(1810)" title="French frigate Méduse (1810)">Méduse</a></i>, bound for <a href="/wiki/Senegal" title="Senegal">Senegal</a>, was wrecked off Arguin and 350 people died.<sup id="cite_ref-EB1911_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB1911-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Arguin_map.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Arguin_map.jpg/220px-Arguin_map.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="299" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Arguin_map.jpg/330px-Arguin_map.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Arguin_map.jpg/440px-Arguin_map.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1221" data-file-height="1659" /></a><figcaption>Map of Banc d'Arguin including Arguin and Tidra Island</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arguin&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span 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(1911). <span class="cs1-ws-icon" title="s:1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Arguin"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Arguin">"Arguin" </a></span>. <i><a href="/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica_Eleventh_Edition" title="Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition">Encyclopædia Britannica</a></i>. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 482.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Arguin&rft.btitle=Encyclop%C3%A6dia+Britannica&rft.pages=482&rft.edition=11th&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=1911&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AArguin" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Park_Site-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Park_Site_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Park_Site_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170607162931/http://www.pnba.mr/pnba/">"Le Parc National du Banc d'Arguin"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pnba.mr/pnba/">the original</a> on 2017-06-07<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2013-11-10</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Le+Parc+National+du+Banc+d%27Arguin&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pnba.mr%2Fpnba%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AArguin" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Lander's_Travels-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Lander's_Travels_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHuish" class="citation web cs1">Huish, John. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12667/pg12667.html">"Travels of Richard and John Lander into the interior of Africa"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Travels+of+Richard+and+John+Lander+into+the+interior+of+Africa&rft.aulast=Huish&rft.aufirst=John&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gutenberg.org%2Fcache%2Fepub%2F12667%2Fpg12667.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AArguin" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-AntiSlavery.org_Portugal-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-AntiSlavery.org_Portugal_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://old.antislavery.org/breakingthesilence/slave_routes/slave_routes_portugal.shtml"><i>Slave Routes - Europe Portugal</i></a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131110230050/http://old.antislavery.org/breakingthesilence/slave_routes/slave_routes_portugal.shtml">Archived</a> November 10, 2013, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. New raw archival-sourced data regarding Arguin slave trade in the early sixteenth century have been released in Ivana Elbl, "Sand and Dreams: Daily Slave Purchases at the Portuguese Coastal Outpost of Arguim (Mauritania) (1519-1520) ~ Full Raw Serialized Data plus Archival Analysis Annotations,” <i>Portuguese Studies Review</i> 30 (1) (2022): 325-354. The data very simply supersedes other obsolete listings and / or previous unfounded speculations ("estimates"), for the period in question. Available on academia.edu.<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://trentu.academia.edu/ivanaElbl">https://trentu.academia.edu/ivanaElbl</a> Consulted 29 May 2023.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEvan_Groesen2019145-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEvan_Groesen2019145_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFvan_Groesen2019">van Groesen 2019</a>, p. 145.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEvan_Groesen2019148–149-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEvan_Groesen2019148–149_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFvan_Groesen2019">van Groesen 2019</a>, pp. 148–149.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEvan_Groesen2019150-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEvan_Groesen2019150_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFvan_Groesen2019">van Groesen 2019</a>, p. 150.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEvan_Groesen2019150–159-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEvan_Groesen2019150–159_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFvan_Groesen2019">van Groesen 2019</a>, pp. 150–159.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEvan_Groesen2019159–161-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEvan_Groesen2019159–161_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFvan_Groesen2019">van Groesen 2019</a>, pp. 159–161.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEvan_Brakel1914100–101-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEvan_Brakel1914100–101_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFvan_Brakel1914">van Brakel 1914</a>, pp. 100–101.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Sovereignty_Timeline-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Sovereignty_Timeline_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Sovereignty_Timeline_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCahoon" class="citation web cs1">Cahoon, Ben. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Mauritania.htm#Arguin">"Mauritania"</a>. <i>www.worldstatesmen.org</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.worldstatesmen.org&rft.atitle=Mauritania&rft.aulast=Cahoon&rft.aufirst=Ben&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldstatesmen.org%2FMauritania.htm%23Arguin&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AArguin" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFvan_der_Heyden,_Ulrich1993" class="citation book cs1">van der Heyden, Ulrich (1993). <i>Rote Adler an Afrikas Küste: Die brandenburgisch-preußische Kolonie Großfriedrichsburg in Westafrika</i> (second ed.). 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title="Ceuta">Ceuta</a> (Spain)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ksar_es-Seghir" title="Ksar es-Seghir">Alcácer Ceguer</a> (Morocco)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Asilah" title="Portuguese Asilah">Arzila</a> (Morocco)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Tangier" title="Portuguese Tangier">Tangier</a> (Morocco)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graciosa_fortress" title="Graciosa fortress"><i>Graciosa</i></a> (Morocco)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Jadida" title="El Jadida">Mazagan</a> (Morocco)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agadir" title="Agadir"><i>Santa Cruz do Cabo de Gué</i></a> (Morocco)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Castelo_Real" title="Castelo Real">Castelo Real</a></i> (Morocco)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Safi,_Morocco" title="Safi, Morocco">Safim</a> (Morocco)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azemmour" title="Azemmour">Azamor</a> (Morocco)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Souira_Guedima" title="Souira Guedima">Aguz</a> (Morocco)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Arguin Fort</a> (Mauritania)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Gold_Coast" title="Portuguese Gold Coast">Gold Coast</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Coenraadsburg" title="Fort Coenraadsburg"><i>Santiago</i></a> (Ghana)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Saint_Anthony" title="Fort Saint Anthony"><i>Santo António</i></a> (Ghana)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osu_Castle" title="Osu Castle"><i>São Francisco Xavier</i></a> (Ghana)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_of_S%C3%A3o_Jo%C3%A3o_Baptista_de_Ajud%C3%A1" title="Fort of São João Baptista de Ajudá"><i>São João Baptista</i></a> (Benin)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elmina_Castle" title="Elmina Castle"><i>São Jorge</i></a> (Ghana)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_San_Sebastian" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort San Sebastian"><i>São Sebastião</i></a> (Ghana)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe" title="São Tomé and Príncipe">São Tomé and<br /> Príncipe</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fortaleza_de_Santo_Ant%C3%B3nio_da_Ponta_da_Mina" title="Fortaleza de Santo António da Ponta da Mina"><i>Santo António</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_S%C3%A3o_Jer%C3%B3nimo_(S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe)" title="Fort São Jerónimo (São Tomé and Príncipe)"><i>São Jerónimo</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Sebasti%C3%A3o_Museum" title="São Sebastião Museum"><i>São Sebastião</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cape_Verde" title="Cape Verde">Cape Verde</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fort_D%27El-Rei" title="Fort D'El-Rei"><i>D'El-Rei</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forte_Duque_de_Bragan%C3%A7a" title="Forte Duque de Bragança"><i>Duque de Bragança</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forte_do_Pr%C3%ADncipe_Real" title="Forte do Príncipe Real"><i>Principe Real</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forte_Real_de_S%C3%A3o_Filipe" title="Forte Real de São Filipe"><i>São Filipe</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forte_de_S%C3%A3o_Jos%C3%A9_(Maio)" title="Forte de São José (Maio)"><i>São José</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Guinea-Bissau" title="Guinea-Bissau">Guinea-Bissau</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cacheu_Fort" title="Cacheu Fort">Cacheu Fort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fortaleza_de_S%C3%A3o_Jos%C3%A9_da_Amura" title="Fortaleza de São José da Amura"><i>São José</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Angola" title="Angola">Angola</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ambaca" title="Ambaca">Ambaca Fort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caconda" title="Caconda">Caconda Fort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fortress_of_Kambambe" title="Fortress of Kambambe">Cambambe Fort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fortress_of_Muxima" title="Fortress of Muxima">Muxima Fort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Nossa_Senhora_da_Vit%C3%B3ria" title="Fort Nossa Senhora da Vitória"><i>Nossa Senhora da Vitória</i></a></li> <li><i>Santa Maria</i></li> <li><i>São Fernando</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_S%C3%A3o_Filipe_de_Benguela" title="Fort São Filipe de Benguela"><i>São Filipe</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fortress_of_S%C3%A3o_Francisco_do_Penedo" title="Fortress of São Francisco do Penedo"><i>São Francisco do Penedo</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_S%C3%A3o_Jos%C3%A9_(Encoje)" title="Fort São José (Encoje)"><i>São José</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fortress_of_S%C3%A3o_Miguel" title="Fortress of São Miguel"><i>São Miguel</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_S%C3%A3o_Pedro_da_Barra" title="Fort São Pedro da Barra"><i>São Pedro da Barra</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_of_Kikombo" title="Fort of Kikombo">Quicombo Fort</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">East Africa</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Jesus" title="Fort Jesus"><i>Jesus</i></a> (Kenya)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilwa_Kisiwani" title="Kilwa Kisiwani"><i>Santiago</i></a> (Tanzania)</li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Mozambique" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Mozambique" title="Mozambique">Mozambique</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Manica,_Mozambique" title="Manica, Mozambique">Manica Fort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Nossa_Senhora_da_Concei%C3%A7%C3%A3o_(Inhambane)" title="Fort Nossa Senhora da Conceição (Inhambane)"><i>Nossa Senhora da Conceição de Inhambane</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Nossa_Senhora_da_Concei%C3%A7%C3%A3o_de_Louren%C3%A7o_Marques" title="Fort Nossa Senhora da Conceição de Lourenço Marques"><i>Nossa Senhora da Conceição de Lourenço Marques</i></a></li> <li><i>Princesa Amélia</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Santo_Ant%C3%B3nio_(Ibo)" title="Fort Santo António (Ibo)"><i>Santo António</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_S%C3%A3o_Caetano" title="Fort São Caetano"><i>São Caetano</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_S%C3%A3o_Jo%C3%A3o_Baptista_(Ibo)" title="Fort São João Baptista (Ibo)"><i>São João Baptista</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_S%C3%A3o_Jos%C3%A9_de_Mossuril" title="Fort São José de Mossuril"><i>São José de Mossuril</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_S%C3%A3o_Jos%C3%A9_(Ibo)" title="Fort São José (Ibo)"><i>São José do Ibo</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_S%C3%A3o_Louren%C3%A7o_(Mozambique)" title="Fort São Lourenço (Mozambique)"><i>São Lourenço</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_S%C3%A3o_Mar%C3%A7al" title="Fort São Marçal"><i>São Marçal</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_S%C3%A3o_Miguel_de_Chicova" title="Fort São Miguel de Chicova"><i>São Miguel</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_S%C3%A3o_Sebasti%C3%A3o" title="Fort São Sebastião"><i>São Sebastião</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_S%C3%A3o_Tiago_Maior" title="Fort São Tiago Maior"><i>São Tiago Maior</i></a></li> <li>Quelimane Fort</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">America</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Colonial_Brazil" title="Colonial Brazil">Brazil</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fort_of_Monserrate" title="Fort of Monserrate"><i>Nossa Senhora do Monserrate</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fortaleza_de_Nossa_Senhora_da_Assun%C3%A7%C3%A3o" title="Fortaleza de Nossa Senhora da Assunção"><i>Nossa Senhora da Assunção</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fortaleza_de_Nossa_Senhora_da_Concei%C3%A7%C3%A3o" title="Fortaleza de Nossa Senhora da Conceição"><i>Nossa Senhora da Conceição</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fortaleza_de_Nossa_Senhora_dos_Prazeres" title="Fortaleza de Nossa Senhora dos Prazeres"><i>Nossa Senhora dos Prazeres</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forte_de_Nossa_Senhora_dos_Rem%C3%A9dios" title="Forte de Nossa Senhora dos Remédios"><i>Nossa Senhora dos Remédios</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forte_do_Pres%C3%A9pio" title="Forte do Presépio"><i>Presépio</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forte_Pr%C3%ADncipe_da_Beira" title="Forte Príncipe da Beira"><i>Príncipe da Beira</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forte_dos_Reis_Magos" title="Forte dos Reis Magos"><i>Reis Magos</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fortaleza_de_Santa_Cruz_da_Barra" title="Fortaleza de Santa Cruz da Barra"><i>Santa Cruz da Barra</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fortaleza_de_Santa_Cruz_de_Anhatomirim" title="Fortaleza de Santa Cruz de Anhatomirim"><i>Santa Cruz de Anhatomirim</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Orange_(Dutch_Brazil)" title="Fort Orange (Dutch Brazil)"><i>Santa Cruz de Itamaracá</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Santa_Cruz_do_Paragua%C3%A7u" title="Fort Santa Cruz do Paraguaçu"><i>Santa Cruz do Paraguaçu</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fortaleza_de_S%C3%A3o_Jo%C3%A3o_(Rio_de_Janeiro)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fortaleza de São João (Rio de Janeiro)"><i>São João</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fortaleza_de_S%C3%A3o_Jos%C3%A9_da_Ponta_Grossa" title="Fortaleza de São José da Ponta Grossa"><i>São José da Ponta Grossa</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fortaleza_de_S%C3%A3o_Jos%C3%A9_de_Macap%C3%A1" title="Fortaleza de São José de Macapá"><i>São José de Macapá</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forte_de_Nossa_Senhora_dos_Rem%C3%A9dios" title="Forte de Nossa Senhora dos Remédios"><i>Nossa Senhora dos Remédios</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forte_de_Santa_Catarina" title="Forte de Santa Catarina"><i>Santa Catarina</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forte_de_Santa_Maria" title="Forte de Santa Maria"><i>Santa Maria</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forte_de_Santo_Ant%C3%B4nio_Al%C3%A9m_do_Carmo" title="Forte de Santo Antônio Além do Carmo"><i>Santo António Além do Carmo</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forte_de_Santo_Ant%C3%B4nio_da_Barra" title="Forte de Santo Antônio da Barra"><i>Santo António da Barra</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forte_de_Santo_In%C3%A1cio_de_Tamandar%C3%A9" title="Forte de Santo Inácio de Tamandaré"><i>Santo Inácio de Tamandaré</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forte_de_S%C3%A3o_Diogo" title="Forte de São Diogo"><i>São Diogo</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forte_de_S%C3%A3o_Domingos_de_Gragoat%C3%A1" title="Forte de São Domingos de Gragoatá"><i>São Domingos de Gragoatá</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forte_de_S%C3%A3o_Jo%C3%A3o_Batista_do_Brum" title="Forte de São João Batista do Brum"><i>São João Baptista do Brum</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forte_de_S%C3%A3o_Jo%C3%A3o_da_Bertioga" title="Forte de São João da Bertioga"><i>São João da Bertioga</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forte_de_S%C3%A3o_Louren%C3%A7o" title="Forte de São Lourenço"><i>São Lourenço</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forte_de_S%C3%A3o_Lu%C3%ADs" title="Forte de São Luís"><i>São Luís</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Marcelo_Fort" title="São Marcelo Fort"><i>São Marcelo</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forte_de_S%C3%A3o_Mateus_do_Cabo_Frio" title="Forte de São Mateus do Cabo Frio"><i>São Mateus do Cabo Frio</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forte_de_S%C3%A3o_Tiago_das_Cinco_Pontas" title="Forte de São Tiago das Cinco Pontas"><i>São Tiago das Cinco Pontas</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cisplatina" title="Cisplatina">Uruguay</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Col%C3%B3nia_do_Sacramento" class="mw-redirect" title="Colónia do Sacramento">Colónia do Sacramento</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fortaleza_del_Cerro" title="Fortaleza del Cerro">Montevideo Fort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fortaleza_de_Santa_Teresa" title="Fortaleza de Santa Teresa"><i>Santa Teresa</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fuerte_San_Miguel_(Uruguay)" title="Fuerte San Miguel (Uruguay)"><i>São Miguel</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Asia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Arabia & <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Al-Mirani" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Al-Mirani"><i>Almirante</i></a> (Oman)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qal%27at_al-Bahrain" title="Qal'at al-Bahrain">Bahrain Fort</a> (Bahrain)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bandar_Abbas" title="Bandar Abbas">Gombroon Fort</a> (Iran)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_of_Our_Lady_of_the_Conception" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort of Our Lady of the Conception"><i>Nossa Senhora da Conceição</i></a> (Iran)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qeshm_Island" title="Qeshm Island">Qeshm Fort</a> (Iran)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Jalali_Fort" title="Al Jalali Fort"><i>São João</i></a> (Oman)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Socotra" title="Socotra"><i>São Miguel</i></a> (Yemen)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arnala_Fort" class="mw-redirect" title="Arnala Fort">Arnala Fort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asheri_Fort" class="mw-redirect" title="Asheri Fort">Asheri Fort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bandra_Fort" class="mw-redirect" title="Bandra Fort">Bandra Fort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belapur_Fort" title="Belapur Fort">Belapur Fort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombay_Castle" title="Bombay Castle">Bombay Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revdanda_fort" class="mw-redirect" title="Revdanda fort">Chaul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daman,_India" title="Daman, India">Daman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dronagiri_Fort" title="Dronagiri Fort">Dronagiri Fort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghodbunder_Fort" title="Ghodbunder Fort">Ghodbunder Fort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honavar" class="mw-redirect" title="Honavar">Honavar Fort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korlai_Fort" title="Korlai Fort">Korlai Fort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madh_Island#Madh_Fort" title="Madh Island">Madh Fort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahim_Fort" title="Mahim Fort">Mahim Fort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Emmanuel" title="Fort Emmanuel"><i>Manuel</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Negapatam" title="Portuguese Negapatam">Negapatam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basrur" title="Basrur"><i>Santa Luzia</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Angelo_Fort" title="St. Angelo Fort"><i>Santo Ângelo</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_St._Anthony_of_Simbor" title="Fort St. Anthony of Simbor"><i>Santo António de Simbor</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_S%C3%A3o_Jer%C3%B3nimo" title="Fort São Jerónimo"><i>São Jerónimo</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Anjediva" title="Fort Anjediva"><i>São Miguel</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cranganore_Fort" class="mw-redirect" title="Cranganore Fort"><i>São Tomé de Cranganor</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Diu" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Diu"><i>São Tomé de Diu</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Thomas_Fort" title="St Thomas Fort"><i>São Tomé de Coulão</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mylapore" title="Mylapore"><i>São Tomé de Meliapor</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Bassein" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Bassein"><i>São Sebastião de Baçaim</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mangalore" title="Mangalore"><i>São Sebastião de Mangalor</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shirgaon_Fort" title="Shirgaon Fort">Shirgaon Fort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pallipuram_Fort" title="Pallipuram Fort">Pallipuram Fort</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Goa" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Goa</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Aguada" title="Fort Aguada">Aguada Fort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corjuem_Fort" title="Corjuem Fort"><i>Assunção</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cabo_de_Rama" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabo de Rama">Cabo de Rama Fort</a></li> <li><i>Gaspar Dias</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormug%C3%A3o_fort" title="Mormugão fort">Mormugão fort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Naroa" title="Fort Naroa">Naroa Fort</a></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Nossa_Senhora_do_Cabo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fort Nossa Senhora do Cabo (page does not exist)">Nossa Senhora do Cabo</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ponda_Fort" title="Ponda Fort">Ponda Fort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reis_Magos" title="Reis Magos"><i>Reis Magos</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Santo_Estev%C3%A3o" title="Fort Santo Estevão"><i>Santo Estevão</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_S%C3%A3o_Bartolomeu" title="Fort São Bartolomeu"><i>São Bartolomeu</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gandaulim_Fort" title="Gandaulim Fort"><i>São Brás</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rachol_Fort" title="Rachol Fort"><i>São João</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fortaleza_de_S%C3%A3o_Sebasti%C3%A3o" title="Fortaleza de São Sebastião"><i>São Sebastião</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_of_S%C3%A3o_Tiago_of_Banastarim" title="Fort of São Tiago of Banastarim"><i>São Tiago</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alorna_Fort" title="Alorna Fort"><i>Santa Cruz</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Tiracol" title="Fort Tiracol"><i>Santíssima Trindade</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chapora_Fort" title="Chapora Fort"><i>Santo António</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fort_(Colombo)" title="Fort (Colombo)"><i>Santa Bárbara</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mannar_Fort" class="mw-redirect" title="Mannar Fort"><i>São Jorge</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galle_Fort" title="Galle Fort"><i>Santa Cruz</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malwana_fort" title="Malwana fort"><i>Santa Helena</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matara_Fort" class="mw-redirect" title="Matara Fort">Matara Fort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menikkadawara_fort" class="mw-redirect" title="Menikkadawara fort"><i>Santa Fé</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaffna_Fort" title="Jaffna Fort"><i>Nossa Senhora dos Milagres</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Batticaloa_Fort" class="mw-redirect" title="Batticaloa Fort"><i>Nossa Senhora da Penha de França</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Fredrick" title="Fort Fredrick"><i>Nossa Senhora da Guadalupe</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalutara_fort" title="Kalutara fort">Kalutara fort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kayts_Island_Fort" title="Kayts Island Fort">Kayts Island Fort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ratnapura_Portuguese_fort" title="Ratnapura Portuguese fort">Ratnapura Fort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Negombo_fort" title="Negombo fort">Negombo fort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arandora_fort" title="Arandora fort">Arandora fort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arippu_fort" title="Arippu fort">Arippu fort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delft_Island_fort" title="Delft Island fort">Delft Island fort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruwanwella_fort" title="Ruwanwella fort">Ruwanwella fort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sitawaka_fort" title="Sitawaka fort">Sitawaka fort</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sabaragamuwa_fort&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sabaragamuwa fort (page does not exist)">Sabaragamuwa fort</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Myanmar" title="Myanmar">Myanmar</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thanlyin" title="Thanlyin"><i>Santiago</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Malacca" title="Portuguese Malacca">Malacca</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Muar_Fort&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Muar Fort (page does not exist)">Muar Fort</a></li></ul> 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title="Timor-Leste">Timor-Leste</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Balibo" title="Balibo">Balibó Fort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Batugade" title="Batugade">Batugade Fort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kupang" title="Kupang">Cupão Fort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%C3%ADli" class="mw-redirect" title="Díli"><i>Nossa Senhora da Conceição</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Santo_Ant%C3%B3nio_de_Lifau" title="Fort Santo António de Lifau"><i>Santo António</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Macau" title="Macau">Macau</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Fort_Dona_Maria_II" title="Fort Dona Maria II">Dona Maria II</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mong-Ha_Fort" class="mw-redirect" title="Mong-Ha Fort">Mong-Há</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fortaleza_do_Monte" title="Fortaleza do Monte"><i>Nossa Senhora do Monte</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guia_Fortress" title="Guia Fortress"><i>Nossa Senhora da Guia</i></a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fort_Nossa_Senhora_do_Bom_Parto" title="Fort Nossa Senhora do Bom Parto">Nossa Senhora do Bom Parto</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fort_S%C3%A3o_Francisco_(Macau)" title="Fort São Francisco (Macau)">São Francisco</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fort_S%C3%A3o_Tiago_da_Barra" title="Fort São Tiago da Barra">São Tiago da Barra</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taipa_Fortress" title="Taipa Fortress">Taipa Fort</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>Portuguese name in <i>italics</i> and geographical location (between parenthesis)</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">North Africa</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;border-top:1px solid #aaa;padding-left:1.0em;text-align:left;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-3"> <p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>15th century</b></span> </p> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1415–1640</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Ceuta" title="Ceuta">Ceuta</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1458–1550</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Ksar_es-Seghir" title="Ksar es-Seghir">Alcácer Ceguer <span style="font-size:85%;">(El Qsar es Seghir)</span></a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1471–1550</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Asilah" title="Portuguese Asilah">Arzila <span style="font-size:85%;">(Asilah)</span></a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1471–1662</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Tangier" title="Portuguese Tangier">Tangier</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1485–1550</td><td> <a href="/wiki/El_Jadida" title="El Jadida">Mazagan <span style="font-size:85%;">(El Jadida)</span></a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1487–16th century</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Ouadane" title="Ouadane">Ouadane</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1488–1541</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Safi,_Morocco" title="Safi, Morocco">Safim <span style="font-size:85%;">(Safi)</span></a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1489</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Graciosa_fortress" title="Graciosa fortress">Graciosa</a></td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-3"> <p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>16th century</b></span> </p> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1505–1541</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Agadir" title="Agadir">Santa Cruz do Cabo de Gué <span style="font-size:85%;">(Agadir)</span></a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1506–1525</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Essaouira" title="Essaouira">Mogador <span style="font-size:85%;">(Essaouira)</span></a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1506–1525</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Souira_Guedima" title="Souira Guedima">Aguz <span style="font-size:85%;">(Souira Guedima)</span></a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1506–1769</td><td> <a href="/wiki/El_Jadida" title="El Jadida">Mazagan <span style="font-size:85%;">(El Jadida)</span></a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1513–1541</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Azemmour" title="Azemmour">Azamor <span style="font-size:85%;">(Azemmour)</span></a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1515–1541</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Mehdya,_Morocco" title="Mehdya, Morocco">São João da Mamora <span style="font-size:85%;">(Mehdya)</span></a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1577–1589</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Asilah" title="Asilah">Arzila <span style="font-size:85%;">(Asilah)</span></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="7" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Portugal_Imp%C3%A9rio_total.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Anachronous map of the Portuguese Empire (1415-1999)"><img alt="Anachronous map of the Portuguese Empire (1415-1999)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Portugal_Imp%C3%A9rio_total.png/300px-Portugal_Imp%C3%A9rio_total.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Portugal_Imp%C3%A9rio_total.png/450px-Portugal_Imp%C3%A9rio_total.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Portugal_Imp%C3%A9rio_total.png/600px-Portugal_Imp%C3%A9rio_total.png 2x" data-file-width="1425" data-file-height="625" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:transparent;text-align:left;"><div id="Sub-Saharan_Africa" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Sub-Saharan Africa</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;border-top:1px solid #aaa;padding-left:1.0em;text-align:left;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break"> <p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>15th century</b></span> </p> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1455–1633</td><td> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Arguim</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1462–1975</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Cape_Verde" title="Portuguese Cape Verde">Cape Verde</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1470–1975</td><td> <span style="position:relative; bottom:0.1em;"><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_Island" title="São Tomé Island">São Tomé</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></span></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1471–1975</td><td> <span style="position:relative; bottom:0.1em;"><a href="/wiki/Pr%C3%ADncipe" title="Príncipe">Príncipe</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></span></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1474–1778</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Annob%C3%B3n" title="Annobón">Annobón</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1478–1778</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Bioko" title="Bioko">Fernando Poo <span style="font-size:85%;">(Bioko)</span></a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1482–1637</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Elmina" title="Elmina">Elmina <span style="font-size:85%;">(São Jorge da Mina)</span></a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1482–1642</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Gold_Coast" title="Portuguese Gold Coast">Portuguese Gold Coast</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1498–1540</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Mascarene_Islands" title="Mascarene Islands">Mascarene Islands</a></td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break"> <p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>16th century</b></span> </p> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1500–1630</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Malindi" title="Malindi">Malindi</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1501–1975</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Mozambique" title="Portuguese Mozambique">Portuguese Mozambique</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1502–1659</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Saint_Helena" title="Saint Helena">Saint Helena</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1503–1698</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Zanzibar" title="Zanzibar">Zanzibar</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1505–1512</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Kilwa_Kisiwani" title="Kilwa Kisiwani">Quíloa <span style="font-size:85%;">(Kilwa)</span></a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1506–1511</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Socotra" title="Socotra">Socotra</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1508–1547<sup><small>2</small></sup></td><td> <a href="/wiki/Madagascar" title="Madagascar">Madagascar</a><sup><small>3</small></sup></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1557–1578</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Accra" title="Accra">Accra</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1575–1975</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Angola" title="Portuguese Angola">Portuguese Angola</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1588–1974</td><td> <span style="position:relative; bottom:0.1em;"><a href="/wiki/Cacheu" title="Cacheu">Cacheu</a><sup><small>4</small></sup></span></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1593–1698</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Mombasa" title="Mombasa">Mombassa <span style="font-size:85%;">(Mombasa)</span></a></td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break"> <p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>17th century</b></span> </p> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1645–1888</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Ziguinchor" title="Ziguinchor">Ziguinchor</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1680–1961</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Fort_of_S%C3%A3o_Jo%C3%A3o_Baptista_de_Ajud%C3%A1" title="Fort of São João Baptista de Ajudá">São João Baptista de Ajudá, Benin</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1687–1974</td><td> <span style="position:relative; bottom:0.1em;"><a href="/wiki/Bissau" title="Bissau">Bissau</a><sup><small>4</small></sup></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>18th century</b></span> </p> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1728–1729</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Mombasa" title="Mombasa">Mombassa <span style="font-size:85%;">(Mombasa)</span></a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1753–1975</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe" title="Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe">Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>19th century</b></span> </p> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1879–1974</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Guinea" title="Portuguese Guinea">Portuguese Guinea</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1885–1974</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Cabinda_Province" title="Cabinda Province">Portuguese Congo</a><sup><small>5</small></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="plainlist" style="padding:0.5em 0 0.75em 0.25em;font-size:90%;line-height:1.2em;"><ul><li><sup><small>1</small></sup> Part of <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe" title="Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe">São Tomé and Príncipe</a> from 1753.</li><li><sup><small>2</small></sup> Or 1600.</li><li><sup><small>3</small></sup> A factory (<a href="/wiki/Anosy" title="Anosy">Anosy Region</a>) and small temporary coastal bases.</li><li><sup><small>4</small></sup> Part of <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Guinea" title="Portuguese Guinea">Portuguese Guinea</a> from 1879.</li><li><sup><small>5</small></sup> Part of <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Angola" title="Portuguese Angola">Portuguese Angola</a> from the 1920s.</li></ul></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:transparent;text-align:left;"><div id="Middle_East_&#91;Persian_Gulf&#93;" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Middle East [Persian Gulf]</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;border-top:1px solid #aaa;padding-left:1.0em;text-align:left;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-3"> <p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>16th century</b></span> </p> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1506–1615</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Bandar_Abbas" title="Bandar Abbas">Gamru <span style="font-size:85%;">(Bandar Abbas)</span></a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1507–1643</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Sohar" title="Sohar">Sohar</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1515–1622</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Ormus" title="Ormus">Hormuz <span style="font-size:85%;">(Ormus)</span></a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1515–1648</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Qurayyat,_Oman" title="Qurayyat, Oman">Quriyat</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1515–?</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Qalhat" title="Qalhat">Qalhat</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1515–1650</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Muscat" title="Muscat">Muscat</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1515?–?</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Barka,_Oman" title="Barka, Oman">Barka</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1515–1633?</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Ras_Al_Khaimah" title="Ras Al Khaimah">Julfar (Ras al-Khaimah)</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1521–1602</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain">Bahrain</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Muharraq" title="Muharraq">Muharraq</a> • <a href="/wiki/Manama" title="Manama">Manama</a>)</span></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1521–1529?</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Qatif" title="Qatif">Qatif</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1521?–1551?</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Tarout_Island" title="Tarout Island">Tarut Island</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1550–1551</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Qatif" title="Qatif">Qatif</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1588–1648</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Muttrah" title="Muttrah">Matrah</a></td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-3"> <p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>17th century</b></span> </p> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1620–?</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Khor_Fakkan" title="Khor Fakkan">Khor Fakkan</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1621?–?</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Seeb" title="Seeb">As Sib</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1621–1622</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Qeshm_Island" title="Qeshm Island">Qeshm</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1623–?</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Khasab" title="Khasab">Khasab</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1623–?</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Al_Badiyah" title="Al Badiyah">Libedia</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1624–?</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Kalba" title="Kalba">Kalba</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1624–?</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Madha" title="Madha">Madha</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1624–1648</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Dibba_Al-Hisn" title="Dibba Al-Hisn">Dibba Al-Hisn</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1624?–?</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Kong,_Iran" title="Kong, Iran">Bandar-e Kong</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:transparent;text-align:left;"><div id="South_Asia" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">South Asia</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;border-top:1px solid #aaa;padding-left:1.0em;text-align:left;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-3"> <p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>15th century</b></span> </p> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1498–1545</td><td> <div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.1em;"><a href="/wiki/Lakshadweep" title="Lakshadweep">Laccadive Islands<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Lakshadweep)</span></a></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>16th century</b></span> <br /><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_India" title="Portuguese India">Portuguese India</a> </p> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1500–1663</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Kochi" title="Kochi">Cochim <span style="font-size:85%;">(Kochi)</span></a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1501–1663</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Kannur" title="Kannur">Cannanore <span style="font-size:85%;">(Kannur)</span></a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> <div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"> • 1502–1658<br /><span style="padding-left:0.65em;"> </span>1659–1661</div></td><td> <div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.1em;"><a href="/wiki/Kollam" title="Kollam">Quilon<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Coulão / Kollam)</span></a></div></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1502–1661</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Pallippuram,_Ernakulam" title="Pallippuram, Ernakulam">Pallipuram <span style="font-size:85%;">(Cochin de Cima)</span></a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1507–1657</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Negapatam" title="Portuguese Negapatam">Negapatam <span style="font-size:85%;">(Nagapatnam)</span></a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1510–1961</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Goa" title="Goa">Goa</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> <div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"> • 1512–1525<br /><span style="padding-left:0.65em;"> </span>1750</div></td><td> <div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.1em;"><a href="/wiki/Kozhikode" title="Kozhikode">Calicut<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Kozhikode)</span></a></div></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1518–1619</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Pulicat" title="Pulicat">Portuguese Paliacate outpost <span style="font-size:85%;">(Pulicat)</span></a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1521–1740</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Chaul" title="Chaul">Chaul</a></td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-3"> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  </td><td> (Portuguese India)</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1523–1662</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Mylapore" title="Mylapore">Mylapore</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1528–1666</td><td> <div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.1em;"><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_settlement_in_Chittagong" title="Portuguese settlement in Chittagong">Chittagong<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Porto Grande De Bengala)</span></a></div></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1531–1571</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Chaul" title="Chaul">Chaul</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1531–1571</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Chaliyam" title="Chaliyam">Chalé</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1534–1601</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Salsette_Island" title="Salsette Island">Salsette Island</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1534–1661</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Mumbai" title="Mumbai">Bombay <span style="font-size:85%;">(Mumbai)</span></a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1535</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Ponnani" title="Ponnani">Ponnani</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1535–1739</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Vasai-Virar" title="Vasai-Virar">Baçaím <span style="font-size:85%;">(Vasai-Virar)</span></a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1536–1662</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Kodungallur" title="Kodungallur">Cranganore <span style="font-size:85%;">(Kodungallur)</span></a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1540–1612</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Surat" title="Surat">Surat</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1548–1658</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Thoothukudi" title="Thoothukudi">Tuticorin <span style="font-size:85%;">(Thoothukudi)</span></a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1559–1961</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Daman_and_Diu" title="Daman and Diu">Daman and Diu</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1568–1659</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Mangalore" title="Mangalore">Mangalore</a></td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-3"> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  </td><td> (Portuguese India)</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1579–1632</td><td><a href="/wiki/Hugli-Chuchura" title="Hugli-Chuchura">Hugli</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1598–1610</td><td><a href="/wiki/Machilipatnam" title="Machilipatnam">Masulipatnam <span style="font-size:85%;">(Machilipatnam)</span></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1518–1521</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives">Maldives</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1518–1658</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Ceylon" title="Portuguese Ceylon">Portuguese Ceylon <span style="font-size:85%;">(Sri Lanka)</span></a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1558–1573</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives">Maldives</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>17th century</b></span> <br />Portuguese India </p> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1687–1749</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Mylapore" title="Mylapore">Mylapore</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>18th century</b></span> <br />Portuguese India </p> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1779–1954</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Dadra_and_Nagar_Haveli" class="mw-redirect" title="Dadra and Nagar Haveli">Dadra and Nagar Haveli</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:transparent;text-align:left;"><div id="East_Asia_and_Oceania" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">East Asia and Oceania</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;border-top:1px solid #aaa;padding-left:1.0em;text-align:left;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-3"> <p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>16th century</b></span> </p> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1511–1641</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Malacca" title="Portuguese Malacca">Portuguese Malacca</a> [Malaysia]</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1512–1621</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Maluku_Islands" title="Maluku Islands">Maluku</a> [Indonesia]</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1522–1575</td><td> <span style="padding-left:0.5em;"> </span><a href="/wiki/Ternate" title="Ternate">Ternate</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1576–1605</td><td> <span style="padding-left:0.5em;"> </span><a href="/wiki/Ambon_Island" title="Ambon Island">Ambon</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1578–1650</td><td> <span style="padding-left:0.5em;"> </span><a href="/wiki/Tidore" title="Tidore">Tidore</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1512–1665</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Makassar" title="Makassar">Makassar</a> [Indonesia]</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1515–1859</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Larantuka" title="Kingdom of Larantuka">Larantuka</a> [Indonesia]</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1557–1999</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Macau" title="Portuguese Macau">Macau</a> [China]</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1580–1586</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Nagasaki" title="Portuguese Nagasaki">Nagasaki</a> [Japan]</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>17th century</b></span> </p> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1642–1975</td><td> <span style="position:relative; bottom:0.1em;"><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Timor" title="Portuguese Timor">Portuguese Timor</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/East_Timor" title="East Timor">East Timor</a>)</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></span></td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-3"> <p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>19th century</b></span> <br /><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Macau" title="Portuguese Macau">Portuguese Macau</a> </p> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1864–1999</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Coloane" title="Coloane">Coloane</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1851–1999</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Taipa" title="Taipa">Taipa</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1890–1999</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Ilha_Verde" title="Ilha Verde">Ilha Verde</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>20th century</b></span> <br />Portuguese Macau </p> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1938–1941</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Hengqin" title="Hengqin">Lapa and Montanha <span style="font-size:85%;">(Hengqin)</span></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="plainlist" style="padding:0.5em 0 0.75em 0.25em;font-size:90%;line-height:1.2em;"><ul><li><sup><small>1</small></sup> 1975 is the year of East Timor's Declaration of Independence and subsequent <a href="/wiki/Indonesian_invasion_of_East_Timor" title="Indonesian invasion of East Timor">invasion by Indonesia</a>. In 2002, East Timor's independence was fully recognized.</li></ul></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:transparent;text-align:left;"><div id="North_America_and_North_Atlantic" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">North America and North Atlantic</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;border-top:1px solid #aaa;padding-left:1.0em;text-align:left;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break"> <p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>15th century</b> [Atlantic islands]</span> </p> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1420</td><td> <i><b><a href="/wiki/Madeira" title="Madeira">Madeira</a></b></i></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1432</td><td> <i><b><a href="/wiki/Azores" title="Azores">Azores</a></b></i></td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break"> <p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>16th century</b> [Canada]</span> </p> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1500–1579?</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Newfoundland_(island)" title="Newfoundland (island)">Terra Nova <span style="font-size:85%;">(Newfoundland)</span></a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1500–1579?</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Labrador" title="Labrador">Labrador</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1516–1579?</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Nova_Scotia" title="Nova Scotia">Nova Scotia</a></td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break"> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:transparent;text-align:left;"><div id="South_America_and_Caribbean" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">South America and Caribbean</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;border-top:1px solid #aaa;padding-left:1.0em;text-align:left;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break"> <p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>16th century</b></span> </p> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1500–1822</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Colonial_Brazil" title="Colonial Brazil">Brazil</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1534–1549</td><td> <span style="padding-left:0.5em;"> </span><a href="/wiki/Captaincy_Colonies_of_Brazil" class="mw-redirect" title="Captaincy Colonies of Brazil">Captaincy Colonies of Brazil</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1549–1572</td><td> <span style="padding-left:0.5em;"> </span><a href="/wiki/Governorate_General_of_Brazil" title="Governorate General of Brazil">Brazil</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1572–1578</td><td> <span style="padding-left:0.5em;"> </span><a href="/wiki/Governorate_General_of_Bahia" title="Governorate General of Bahia">Bahia</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1572–1578</td><td> <span style="padding-left:0.5em;"> </span><a href="/wiki/Governorate_General_of_Rio_de_Janeiro" title="Governorate General of Rio de Janeiro">Rio de Janeiro</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1578–1607</td><td> <span style="padding-left:0.5em;"> </span><a href="/wiki/Governorate_General_of_Brazil" title="Governorate General of Brazil">Brazil</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1621–1815</td><td> <span style="padding-left:0.5em;"> </span><a href="/wiki/State_of_Brazil" title="State of Brazil">Brazil</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1536–1620</td><td> <a href="/wiki/History_of_Barbados" title="History of Barbados">Barbados</a></td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break"> <p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>17th century</b></span> </p> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1621–1751</td><td> <a href="/wiki/State_of_Maranh%C3%A3o_(colonial)" title="State of Maranhão (colonial)">Maranhão</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1680–1777</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Colonia_del_Sacramento" title="Colonia del Sacramento">Nova Colónia do Sacramento</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>18th century</b></span> </p> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1751–1772</td><td> <a href="/wiki/State_of_Gr%C3%A3o-Par%C3%A1_and_Maranh%C3%A3o" title="State of Grão-Pará and Maranhão">Grão-Pará and Maranhão</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1772–1775</td><td> <a href="/wiki/State_of_Gr%C3%A3o-Par%C3%A1_and_Rio_Negro" title="State of Grão-Pará and Rio Negro">Grão-Pará and Rio Negro</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1772–1775</td><td> <a href="/wiki/State_of_Maranh%C3%A3o_and_Piau%C3%AD" title="State of Maranhão and Piauí">Maranhão and Piauí</a></td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break"> <p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>19th century</b></span> </p> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1808–1822</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Cisplatina" title="Cisplatina">Cisplatina <span style="font-size:85%;">(Uruguay)</span></a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1809–1817</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Amap%C3%A1" title="Amapá">Portuguese Guiana <span style="font-size:85%;">(Amapá)</span></a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1822</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Upper_Peru" title="Upper Peru">Upper Peru <span style="font-size:85%;">(Bolivia)</span></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="3" style="background:#efefef;padding:0.2em;line-height:1.2em;"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armorial_of_Portuguese_colonies" class="mw-redirect" title="Armorial of Portuguese colonies">Armorial of Portuguese colonies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evolution_of_the_Portuguese_Empire" title="Evolution of the Portuguese Empire">Evolution of the Portuguese Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_colonial_architecture" title="Portuguese colonial 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title="County of Mark">Mark</a> / <a href="/wiki/County_of_Ravensberg" title="County of Ravensberg">Ravensberg</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Xanten" title="Treaty of Xanten">1614</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Pomerania_(1653%E2%80%931815)" title="Province of Pomerania (1653–1815)">Farther Pomerania</a> / <a href="/wiki/Bishopric_of_Minden" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishopric of Minden">Minden</a> / <a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Halberstadt" title="Principality of Halberstadt">Halberstadt</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Peace_of_Westphalia" title="Peace of Westphalia">1648</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lauenburg_and_B%C3%BCtow_Land" title="Lauenburg and Bütow Land">Lauenburg–Bütow</a> / <a href="/wiki/Starostwo_of_Draheim" title="Starostwo of Draheim">Draheim</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Bromberg" title="Treaty of Bromberg">1657</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Magdeburg" title="Duchy of Magdeburg">Magdeburg</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1680)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_colonial_empire" title="German colonial empire">Colonies</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brandenburger_Gold_Coast" title="Brandenburger Gold Coast">Gold Coast</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Arguin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Thomas_(Brandenburg_colony)" title="Saint Thomas (Brandenburg colony)">St. Thomas</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Prussia" title="Kingdom of Prussia">After 1701</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Neuch%C3%A2tel" title="Canton of Neuchâtel">Neuchâtel</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1707)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prussian_Guelders" title="Prussian Guelders">Guelders</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a 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href="/wiki/Congress_of_Vienna" title="Congress of Vienna">(1814–15)</a></span></span></div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Brandenburg" title="Province of Brandenburg">Brandenburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Neuch%C3%A2tel" title="Canton of Neuchâtel">Principality of Neuchâtel</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1814–1848)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Pomerania_(1815%E2%80%931945)" title="Province of Pomerania (1815–1945)">Pomerania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Duchy_of_Posen" title="Grand Duchy of Posen">Grand Duchy of Posen</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Saxony" title="Province of Saxony">Saxony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Silesia" title="Province of Silesia">Silesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Westphalia" title="Province of Westphalia">Westphalia</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Free_State_of_Prussia" title="Free State of Prussia">Territorial reforms<br />after 1918</a></div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Lower_Silesia" title="Province of Lower Silesia">Lower</a> / <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Upper_Silesia" title="Province of Upper Silesia">Upper Silesia</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Versailles" title="Treaty of Versailles">1919</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Berlin_Act" title="Greater Berlin Act">Greater Berlin</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1920)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Posen-West_Prussia" class="mw-redirect" title="Posen-West Prussia">Posen-West Prussia</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1922)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halle-Merseburg" class="mw-redirect" title="Halle-Merseburg">Halle-Merseburg</a> / <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Magdeburg" title="Province of 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navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Berbice" title="Berbice">Berbice</a> <sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Brazil" title="Dutch Brazil">Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cayenne_(Dutch_colony)" title="Cayenne (Dutch colony)">Cayenne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cura%C3%A7ao_and_Dependencies" class="mw-redirect" title="Curaçao and Dependencies">Curaçao and Dependencies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demerara" title="Demerara">Demerara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Essequibo_(colony)" title="Essequibo (colony)">Essequibo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Netherland" title="New Netherland">New Netherland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pomeroon_(colony)" title="Pomeroon (colony)">Pomeroon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SSS_islands" title="SSS islands">Sint Eustatius and Dependencies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surinam_(Dutch_colony)" title="Surinam (Dutch colony)">Surinam</a> 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title="Dejima">Dejima</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Until 1872</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Gold_Coast" title="Dutch Gold Coast">Gold Coast</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Until 1949</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_East_Indies" title="Dutch East Indies">Dutch East Indies</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Until 1954</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cura%C3%A7ao_and_Dependencies" class="mw-redirect" title="Curaçao and Dependencies">Curaçao and 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