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The conquistadors and later the Portuguese, British, and French established key coastal strongholds.
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“A base on the coastline was originally what the conquistadors, but more broadly the Portuguese,”
“British,”
“French subsequently,”
“they would build those key strongholds on the coast.”Play from 51:01Report a misattribution
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