the new world is discovered and columbus is instructed to write letters to the pope. these chatty little travel logs about all the things he s seeing and what the natives look like and how fascinating they are. he s filling in the pope in order to soften up the pope toward the spanish. and the spanish are battling about who is going to own what. it got very ugly and very tense and it was likely to end up in war. they attempted to adjudicate the international boundary. it s the pope that literally draws the line on the map of the ocean. everything east of that line belonged to portugal and that s how brazil came to be a portuguese colony. on may 12, 1493, pope
here? how far back to you guys go? i m half indian, half africaen, my family has been here four generations. four generations so that s starting out in late 1700s. wow. who built stonetown? who built this neighborhood? construction started in about 1813. the portuguese colony. we had portuguese, right. they stayed from 1846. they left in 1964. but they lost a lot of power in 1896. confused? let s take a step back. the persians were the first major power to set up here around 975 a.d., expanding their empire onto the strategically positioned island. then the portuguese used zanzibar as a hub for their slave trade and spices. then the omanis did the same ultimately with the british who ruled through them. 1964, revolution. as with most revolutions, the days following were violent,
i m half indian, half african, and my mother s been here four generations. four generations so that s starting out in late 1700s. wow. who built stonetown? who built this neighborhood? construction started in about 1813. the portuguese colony. we had portuguese, right. they stayed from 1846. they left in 1964. but they lost a lot of power in 1986. confused? let s take a step back. the persians were the first major power to set up here around 975 a.d., expanding their empire onto the strategically positioned island. then the portuguese used zanzibar as a hub for their slave trade and spices. then the ammanis did the same. ultimately with the british who ruled through them. 1964, revolution. as with most revolutions, the days following were violent, chaotic and ugly. after overthrowing the mostly