Why didn't Portugal expand inland in Africa...

Why didn't Portugal expand inland in Africa? Could it be because the pure african warriors striked fear into their european minds?

following the rivers inland is kind of a bitch

The Portuguese Empire was a trade empire, they only needed to coast to set up trading ports and forts to protect their trade. Going inland was expensive and there wasn't a point for them to go inland if all they want are trade to India

Awful map

No Euronig can really live in iFrica during the 1500s-1700s because the moment they do they get struck down by funny tropical diseases.

*Malaria

Nope, disease and the fact that they only needed the coast for Africans to bring them slaves and goods.

They made frequent incursions into modern day Angola mostly to capture slaves, but also to go looking for gold, the same thing was done in Mozambique. However, they lacked the manpower and diplomacy to actually setup borders and enforce them until the mid 19th century.

The didn't have riverboats ese

P. falciparum and quinine wasn't discovered until the 19th century

This is spot on.

All the relevant Kingdoms were at the coast

Indeed.

Did Alberto Barbosa make this map?

They treid to do that but had to back down because this kind of expansion would have interfered with the Cape to Cairo railroad.

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That map is accurate tho

Portugal is a shithole

Why?

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Besides Taiwan/Formosa I don't see a problem

>almost all of African coastline
Until the 19th century Portugal only possessed outposts and islands

>all of western Indian coastline
Again, only outposts (this one is ridiculous)

>Java
>I think the Indonesians would remember being under Portuguese rule

>Indonesian minor islands
Portugal only explored them - with the exception of Timor and a few others

>Acre and northern Rio Negro
>Portugal never had any claims to these regions of Brazil (it was annexed by Rio Branco in early 20th century)

>Taiwan
Absurd. Formosa was colonized by Portugal

The map is a meme.

They feared the Mosquito