The Senegalese people called it Ber. The Portuguese renamed it Ila de Palma. The name was changed to Good Reed by the Dutch and the French called the island Goree - meaning good harbour. But the name ...

The island of Gorée lies off the coast of Senegal, opposite Dakar. From the 15th to the 19th century, it was the largest slave-trading centre on the African coast. Ruled in succession by the ...

click image for close-up Liverpool's extensive growth during the 18th century, due in large measure to profits made in the Atlantic slave trade, brought an increasing demand for storage space.

2009 33COM 7B.48 - Island of Gorée (Senegal) (C 26) 2007 31COM 7B.52 - Island of Gorée (Senegal) 2006 30COM 7B.43 - State of Conservation (Island of Gorée) 2005 29COM 7B.37 - Island of Gorée (Senegal) ...

The international campaign for the safeguarding of the Island of Gorée has as its objective the rehabilitation of the heritage and the socio-economic revitalization of the Island, the principal ...