JAMB - History (2022 - No. 11)
Who were the first Europeans travellers to reach Benin?
Germans
French
Portuguese
British
Spiegazione
The first European travelers to reach Benin were Portuguese explorers under João Afonso de Aveiro in about 1485. A strong mercantile relationship developed, with the Edo trading slaves and tropical products such as ivory, pepper and palm oil for European goods such as manillas and guns.