Portuguese Guinea
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Portuguese Guinea, called the Overseas Province of Guinea from 1951 until 1972 and then State of Guinea from 1972 until 1974, was a Portuguese overseas province in West Africa from 1588 until 10 Septe
Cacheu Fort
Portuguese Guinea in the 1960s
Ruins from the colonial era on Bolama Island (in recovery)
Portuguese-held (green), disputed (yellow) and rebel-held areas (red) in Guinea, 1970
Guinea-Bissau
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Guinea-Bissau, officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, is a country in West Africa that covers 36,125 square kilometres with an estimated population of 2,080,000. It borders Senegal to its north and
Portuguese Guinea
…of Guinea from 1972 until 1974, was a Portuguese overseas province in West Africa from 1588 until 10 September 1974, when it gained independence as Guinea-Bissau. The Portuguese Crown commissioned its navigators to explore the Atlantic coast of West Africa in the 1430s, to find sources of gold. At that time the…
Portuguese Colonial War in Portuguese Guinea, 1968
PAIGC forces raise the flag of Guinea-Bissau in 1974.
The Presidential Palace of Guinea-Bissau