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xxiv • CHRONOLOGY<br />

1110 Muslim Spain is reunited under Almoravid control.<br />

c. 1218 Beni Hassan reach the Oued Draa and the Atlantic coast.<br />

c. 1280 Beni Hassan migrate south into <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Sahara</strong> and Mauritania.<br />

1346 The first known European explorer, Jaime Ferrer, sails past<br />

Boujdour but never returns.<br />

1434–35 Gil Eannes is the first European to return from south <strong>of</strong> Boujdour.<br />

1445 João Fernandes is the first European to travel extensively into<br />

<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Sahara</strong>’s interior.<br />

1468 Enrique IV <strong>of</strong> Castile awards <strong>Sahara</strong>n coast to Diego García de<br />

Herrera (April 6).<br />

1476 Diego García de Herrera sets up Santa Cruz de Mar Pequeña.<br />

1479–80 African coast south <strong>of</strong> Boujdour is awarded to Portugal.<br />

1485 Santa Cruz de Mar Pequeña is abandoned.<br />

1494 Treaty <strong>of</strong> Tordesillas awards Spain the <strong>Sahara</strong>n coast south <strong>of</strong><br />

Boujdour (June 7).<br />

1496 Santa Cruz de Mar Pequeña is rebuilt by Alonso Fajardo.<br />

1498 Santa Cruz de Mar Pequeña is sacked by a Portuguese fleet.<br />

1499 Alonso Fernandéz de Lugo appointed Captain-General <strong>of</strong> Africa<br />

and instructed to set up more forts on the <strong>Sahara</strong>n coast.<br />

16th century Beginnings <strong>of</strong> Reguibat and Arosien ascendancy.<br />

1500 De Lugo is defeated by <strong>Sahara</strong>wi tribes in the Battle <strong>of</strong> the Assaka<br />

River.<br />

1509 Spain gives up its rights on the <strong>Sahara</strong>n coast except for Santa<br />

Cruz de Mar Pequeña.<br />

1524 Santa Cruz de Mar Pequeña is sacked by local tribes; Spain<br />

abandons the <strong>Sahara</strong>n coast and does not return until the late 19th<br />

century.

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