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| 1635 |
| | | Catholic mission established at Rufisque. | 1 |
| | | 1637 |
| | | Dutch took Elmina from the Portuguese and built numerous forts along the Gold Coast. | 2 |
| | | 1637 |
| | | Five French Capuchin missionaries established themselves along the Gold Coast. | 3 |
| | | 1638 |
| | | French reoccupied posts at Saint-Louis and built one at Rufisque. | 4 |
| | | 1652 |
| | | Swedes established trading posts along the Gold Coast. | 5 |
| | | 1657 |
| | | Danes drove Swedes from their Gold Coast stations. | 6 |
| | | 1659 |
| | | Town of Saint-Louis on the Senegal River founded. | 7 |
| | | 1662 |
| | | British built Cape Coast fort. | 8 |
| | | 1663 |
| | | First British trading station on Sierra Leone founded. | 9 |
| | | 1672 |
| | | The Royal Africa Company founded. | 10 |
| | | 1673 |
| | | The French Senegal Company founded. | 11 |
| | | 1678 |
| | | French captured Dutch posts along the Senegalese coast. | 12 |
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| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth
edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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