Search Results for: Gum arabic
rule. mar. , - jan. , french rule. jan. , - feb. , dutch rule. feb. , - mar. french rule. with the merger of the portuguese and spanish crowns in , the spaniards became the dominant influence along the coast. in , however, they were replaced by the dutch, who were the first to begin exploiting the gum
arabic trade. produced by the acacia trees of trarza and brakna and used in textile pattern printing, this gum arabic was considered superior to that previously obtained in arabia . by the french had driven out the dutch and established a permanent settlement at saint louis at the mouth of the senegal...
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