Region XXII
Western Africa
Last revised on May 22nd 2001



North Africa in Antiquity, 500 B.C. - 400 A.D.

North Africa in the Middle Ages
Canary Islands
before 1479

Africa during Early Colonialism, 1415-1660
Canary Islands
1479-1660
Madeira
pre 1660
Acores
pre 1660

Africa during Mercantilism, 1660-1789
Canary Islands
1660-1815
Madeira
1660-1815
Acores
1660-1815

19th Century
Western Sahara
before 1884
Canary Islands
1815-1880
Madeira
1815-1880
Acores
1815-1880

High Imperialism, 1880-1918
Rio de Oro
1884-1924
Canary Islands
1880-1918
Madeira
1880-1918
Acores
1880-1918

1918-1939
Spanish Sahara
1924-1939
Canary Islands
1918-1939
Madeira
1918-1939
Acores
1918-1939
Tanger
1912-1939

From World War II to Independence
Spanish Sahara
1939-1976
Canary Islands
1939-1975
Madeira
1939-1974
Acores
1939-1974
Tanger
1939-1956

African History since Independence
Western Sahara
since 1976
Canary Islands
since 1975
Madeira
since 1974
Acores
since 1974


EXTERNAL
FILES
DOCUMENTS Internet African History Soucebook, from fordham.edu
African History : Primary Documents, from Stanford Univ., History Dept.
Collections of Historic Maps from Africa from Perry Castaneda Collection at UTexas; from Columbia Univ.; Antiquarian Maps : Africa, from Yale Univ. Library, Map Coll.
REFERENCE Colin McEvedy, The Penguin Atlas of African History, London : Penguin (1980) 1995, 144 pp.



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