Heading east inland from the palm-backed coast, the Gambia River meanders through a largely ... as well as a smattering of French, as they haul in their nets. Here, a fish merchant checks the ...

1612 - French attempt to settle the area is defeated ... English traders re-establish a settlement at the mouth of the Gambia river. 1766 - The British crown takes control of the settlements ...

both colonial powers agreed that Britain would claim control over the Gambia River and a strip of land extending 10 km north and south of the river, while the rest remained French. This agreement ...

1612 - French attempt to settle the area is defeated ... English traders re-establish a settlement at the mouth of the Gambia river. 1766 - The British crown takes control of the settlements ...