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Cape Bojador (Arabic: رأس بوجادور, trans. Rā's Būjādūr; Berber languages: ⴱⵓⵊⴷⵓⵔ, Bujdur; Spanish and Portuguese: Cabo Bojador; French: Cap Boujdour)...

Sahara; El Aaiun, Awserd, Smara, Dakhla and more recently Cape Bojador (or the daira of Bojador). In addition, there is a smaller satellite camp known as "February...

entrusted him with a vessel and crew, in order to attempt to round Cape Bojador, a cape impassable with their level of knowledge and equipment. Sailing...

lighthouse (Spanish: Faro de Bojador, French: Phare de Boujdour, Arabic: منارة راس بوجدور) is a lighthouse located near Cape Bojador in the city of Boujdour...

discovered as well as the sole right to authorize expeditions beyond Cape Bojador. Henry also held a monopoly on tuna fishing in the Algarve. When Edward...

it lay between the 26th parallel north and 27°50'N. The city of Cape Bojador served to divide the regions. Its colonial capital was El Aaiún (Laâyoune)...

declared 'a protectorate of the African coast' from Cape Blanc to Cape Bojador on 26 December 1884. It officially informed the other powers in writing...

before the Spanish issued a royal decree that placed the coast from Cape Bojador to Cape Blanc under Spanish colonization. By 1886, Spanish colonial authority...

demarcation of Alcaçovas running east and west along a latitude south of Cape Bojador, a compromise was worked out and incorporated in the Treaty of Tordesillas...

are considered fully fished or overfished, with sardines south of Cape Bojador the notable exception. Almost half of the stocks are fished at biologically...

Minho-class Cacine-class Bolina-class Levante-class Tufão-class Calmaria-class Bojador-class Ribamar-class Zodíaco-class Mar Creta-class Musherib class ARES 75...

death in 1460. At the time, Europeans did not know what lay beyond Cape Bojador on the African coast. Henry wished to know how far the Muslim territories...

Senegal Cape Agulhas, South Africa, Africa's southernmost point Cape Bojador, Morocco Cape Correntes, Mozambique Cape Delgado, Mozambique Cape Juby...

recognise Moroccan sovereignty over the coast and hinterland as far as Cape Bojador. The English ceded, for a sum of 50,000 pounds, their trading station of...

to explore the North African coast. Sailors feared what lay beyond Cape Bojador at the time, as Europeans did not know what lay beyond on the African coast...

the equator (De orbis situ 1.4). Many Europeans had assumed that Cape Bojador, in Western Sahara, marked the beginning of the impenetrable torrid zone...

Mijec, Tichla, and Zug. Wilaya of Dakhla: Ain Beida, Argub, Bir Enzaran, Bojador, Glaibat el Fula, Jraifia, and Umdreiga. Wilaya of Laayoune: Amgala, Bucraa...

Zamarreño Villoria (1955-1998), politician San Sebastián is twinned with: Cape Bojador, Western Sahara Marugame, Japan Plymouth, England, United Kingdom Reno...

Gil Eanes set sail in 1434 to become the first seafarer to round Cape Bojador in West Africa. The voyages of discovery brought Lagos fame and fortune...

continued their exploration of Africa and the Atlantic Ocean. In 1433 Cape Bojador was rounded; in 1434 the first consignment of slaves was brought to Lisbon;...