Late Middle Ages · Africa · Exploration
1482
Portuguese Build Elmina Castle
1482
On the Gold Coast of what is now Ghana, Portuguese engineers erected a massive stone fortress to control the local gold trade. Within decades Elmina would also become the hub of the West African slave trade to the Americas. Its dungeons still stand: a UNESCO heritage site and a pilgrimage destination for the African diaspora.
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Also in 1482 (4 other events on record)
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- Diogo Cao Reaches the Congo River · Africa · Exploration
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- Ferrara War Begins · Europe · War
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Era
Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.
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