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Gambia was at one time the western edge of the Kingdom of Mali. The Portuguese visited Gambia in 1455 & sold the Gambia River to the British in 1588. With exclusive rights to the Gambia River, the British merchants established a trading post by 1660. For several hundred years France & England fought for control of this riverbed territory. In 1889 Gambia became a British Crown Colony. [BM] {UA}
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