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	Encyclopedia: John III of Portugal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The expense of defending Indian interests was huge, and to pay for it, John III abandoned a number of strongholds in North Africa (Safim, Azamor, Alcacer Ceguer and Arzila).
		Asilah or Arzila is a city situated on the northwest tip of Morocco with a history back to 1500 B.C. The Phoenicians used the city as a trading site.
		John III decided to abandon Safim and Azamor in 1541, followed by Arzila and AlcÃ¡cer Ceguer in 1549.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/John-III-of-Portugal (10116 words)

	1470
		Warwick releases Henry VI from the Tower and restores him to the throne on October 30.
		King Afonso V of Portugal conquers the city of Arzila in North Africa.
		First contact between Europeans and the Fante nation of the Gold Coast when a party of Portuguese landed and met with the King of Elmina.
	www.cooldictionary.com /words/1470.wikipedia (268 words)

	WHKMLA : Portuguese Conquest of Arzila and Tanger, 1471
		WHKMLA : Portuguese Conquest of Arzila and Tanger, 1471
		Two previous Portuguese attempts to take Tanger (1437, 1459) failed; between 1460 and 1464 the Portuguese temporarily held Tanger.
		After Portuguese cannon had destroyed the battlements, the city surrendered; the surrender was not accepted by the Portuguese, which fought their way into the city; the inhabitants of Tanger, terrified, surrendered without a fight.
	www.zum.de /whkmla/military/15cen/arzila1471.html (164 words)

	Chapter 12: A History of Spain and Portugal
		The expedition of 1437 had ended in disaster, but Alcácer Ceguer, east of Tangier, was taken in 1458, and after Arzila to the southwest was seized in 1471, Tangier was abandoned to the Portuguese, leaving all the northwest coastal region of Morocco under Portuguese control.
		In 1577 the port of Arzila, near Tangier, surrendered to Portuguese protection, and Muley Muhammed sought Portuguese assistance to regain his throne.
		Hiding his true aim, which was an all-out battle with the Moroccans, he led this force inland from Arzila and on August 4 was met near the town of Alcázarquivir by Muley Abd al-Malik's whole force, which may have numbered as many as 40,000.
	libro.uca.edu /payne1/payne12.htm (8926 words)

	African exploration (from John II) -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		In Africa Afonso V had preferred crusading in Morocco to trade and discovery of the west coast.
		John II himself never returned to Africa after Arzila but supported the development of commerce and exploration.
		In December 1481 he sent Diogo de Azambuja to build the fortress of St. George at Mina (the “gold mine”), near Benin, a powerful native kingdom in the territory of modern…
	www.encyclopaedia.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=3735 (823 words)

	Descendants of James Elam and Alice Shirecliffe of Yorkshire, England - aqw28.htm
		Riley Elam was born 1852 and died 21 Apr 1929.
		Arzila Elam was born 1859 in Morgan County, Ky.
		Eli Elam was born 1866 in Morgan County, Ky.
	homepages.rootsweb.com /~celam/Database/aqwg28.htm (1022 words)

	1st Goa resource site : all Goa and Goa Trance at a Glance: Albuquerque, Afonso de, THE GREAT
		Albuquerque served 10 years in North Africa, where he gained early military experience crusading against Muslims.
		He was present at Afonso V's conquest of Arzila and Tangier in 1471.
		King John II (ruled 1481-95) made him master of the horse, a post Albuquerque held throughout the reign.
	www.goanet.com /text/general/albuquerque.htm (1116 words)

	Africa and Slavery 1500-1800 by Sanderson Beck
		In 1583 he captured the oases at Garara and Tuat, and in 1589 al-Mansur drove the Europeans out of Arzila.
		The last resistance in Morocco was put down when the inhabitants of Taroudant were massacred in 1687.
		Mawlay Isma'il put Negro slaves in his army and encouraged them to have children, who were trained for their military careers, building his army to 150,000 men.
	www.san.beck.org /1-13-Africa1500-1800.html (22906 words)

	1998 Summer Institute - Projects - Shawn DeNight
		On the way to the Canaries they stopped at the Moroccan port of Arzilla, where a Por- tugese garrison had just beaten back a Moroccan seige.
		In Arzila, they met some kinsmen of Felipa Moniz (Columbus's late wife) be- fore sailing for the town of Las Palmas on the island of Gran Canaria, where they arrived on May 20.
		Departing five days later, they crossed the Atlantic, "without having to touch the sails," as Hernando Colón would later write.
	www.albertrabil.com /projects1998/denight/columbus.html (585 words)

	Africa to 1500 by Sanderson Beck
		Ten years later a Venetian reported that the Portuguese were stealing about a thousand people a year from the west African coast, and plantations were established on the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Islands, and on Sao Tomé, using African slaves.
		The Portuguese attacked Tangier in 1471, also taking Arzila and Larache.
		That year the expedition led by Fernao Gomes discovered the lucrative region they called the "Mine" (El Mina) that became known as the Gold Coast.
	www.san.beck.org /1-12-Africato1500.html (15707 words)

	Pero Tafur (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Leaving there, we sailed through the Straits in view of Cape Tarifa and past Cadiz and other places on the coast, and entered the harbour of Barrameda at San Lucar, where they received us with less lightness of heart than at our departure.
		We left the harbour of Cadiz and came to the coast of Barbary, to a town called Arzila, where we had to discharge and take fresh cargo.
		This town is close to the Cape of Espartel.
	chass.colostate-pueblo.edu /history/seminar/tafur/tafur1.htm (14208 words)

	All Things Cherokee (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		I have been told that Laura as well as Alfred were both full blooded Cherokee indian.
		Query: Arzila Russell: She supposedly traveled the Trail of Tears in 1839 to Oklahoma.
		It has been told she was only 4 years old at that time.
	www.allthingscherokee.com /atc_sub_gene_query01.html (8383 words)

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