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HISTORY. Guinea-Bissau formerly, Portuguese Guinea, on the coast of Guinea, was discovered in 1446 by Nuno Tristăo. It became a separate colony in 1879. It is bounded by the limits fixed by the convention of 12 May 1886 with France. In 1951 Guinea-Bissau became an overseas province of Portugal. On 10 Sept. 1974 Portugal formally recognized the independence of Guinea-Bissau.
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Paxton, J. (1976). Guinea-Bissau. In: Paxton, J. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271050_100
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