Between 1500 and 1800 what was the main reason europeans did not enter the interior of africa

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Between 1500 and 1800 what was the main reason europeans did not enter the interior of africa

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Marvin Garrison · Answer 1

Between 1500 and 1800 Muslim control of North Africa formed a sort of barrier to European exploration of the interior of Africa from the north. The Dutch were the first to move toward the interior with South Africa as a part of establishing routes to the east for trade with Asia.