Malyn Newitt is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies at King's College London. He is the author or editor of twelve books on Portuguese colonial history, including A History of Portuguese Overseas Expansion, as well as multiple journal articles.

'… the book fills a significant gap. It will presumably reach a wide audience … and should encourage interested readers to proceed from here to the sources themselves. … it should also motivate scholars to complete for publication the translations of Álvares, Álvares de Almada, Lemos Coelho …' The Journal of African History

• Introduction; 1. The Portuguese in Morocco; 2. The early voyages to West Africa; 3. The Atlantic islands; 4. The upper Guinea coast and Sierra Leone; 5. Elmina and Benin; 6. Discovery of the kingdom of Kongo; 7. Angola, Paulo Dias and the founding of Luanda; 8. The slave trade; 9. Conflict in the kingdom of Kongo in the 1560s; 10. Christianity in the Kongo; 11. The Angolan wars; 12. People and places.

Malyn Newitt is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies at King's College London. He is the author or editor of twelve books on Portuguese colonial history, including A History of Portuguese Overseas Expansion, as well as multiple journal articles.

'… the book fills a significant gap. It will presumably reach a wide audience … and should encourage interested readers to proceed from here to the sources themselves. … it should also motivate scholars to complete for publication the translations of Álvares, Álvares de Almada, Lemos Coelho …' The Journal of African History

• Introduction; 1. The Portuguese in Morocco; 2. The early voyages to West Africa; 3. The Atlantic islands; 4. The upper Guinea coast and Sierra Leone; 5. Elmina and Benin; 6. Discovery of the kingdom of Kongo; 7. Angola, Paulo Dias and the founding of Luanda; 8. The slave trade; 9. Conflict in the kingdom of Kongo in the 1560s; 10. Christianity in the Kongo; 11. The Angolan wars; 12. People and places.

Malyn Newitt is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies at King's College London. He is the author or editor of twelve books on Portuguese colonial history, including A History of Portuguese Overseas Expansion, as well as multiple journal articles.

'… the book fills a significant gap. It will presumably reach a wide audience … and should encourage interested readers to proceed from here to the sources themselves. … it should also motivate scholars to complete for publication the translations of Álvares, Álvares de Almada, Lemos Coelho …' The Journal of African History

• Introduction; 1. The Portuguese in Morocco; 2. The early voyages to West Africa; 3. The Atlantic islands; 4. The upper Guinea coast and Sierra Leone; 5. Elmina and Benin; 6. Discovery of the kingdom of Kongo; 7. Angola, Paulo Dias and the founding of Luanda; 8. The slave trade; 9. Conflict in the kingdom of Kongo in the 1560s; 10. Christianity in the Kongo; 11. The Angolan wars; 12. People and places.