Ceuta


Region Type Maps & Charts (if available, no international)
Africa, Mediterranean Seaport, City Ceuta

Moroccan seaport across from Gibraltar in North African Mediterranean coast;center of smuggling; seized by Portuguese in 1414 in raid directed by Prince Henry on behalf of his father, King Joao I; Portugal's first venture into North and Africa.

Sources

Robert A. McCaughey

Compiler

Peter Richards

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