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Fernão do Pó (Portuguese pronunciation: [fɨɾˈnɐ̃w du ˈpɔ]; fl. 1472), also known as Fernão Pó, Fernando Pó or Fernando Poo, was a 15th-century Portuguese navigator and explorer of the West African coast.
Bioko (/ b iː ˈ oʊ k oʊ /; [3] Spanish: ⓘ, historically Fernando Po, Spanish: [feɾˈnando ˈpo] ⓘ; Bube: Ëtulá a Ëri) is an island of Equatorial Guinea. It is located 32 km (20 mi) south of the coast of Cameroon , and 160 km (99 mi) northwest of the northernmost part of mainland Equatorial Guinea.
Operation Postmaster was a British special operation conducted on the Spanish island of Fernando Po, now known as Bioko, off West Africa in the Gulf of Guinea, during the Second World War. The mission was carried out by the Small Scale Raiding Force (SSRF) and the Special Operations Executive (SOE) in January 1942.
Fernando Po may refer to: Fernando Po, an island in Equatorial Guinea, now called Bioko; Fernão do Pó, Portuguese explorer; Fernando Pó, a village in Palmela, Portugal; Fernando Pó halt, a railway halt in Palmela, Portugal
This island was named for the Portuguese explorer Fernão do Pó, credited with discovering the region. Each population had a distinct ethnic, social, cultural and linguistic history. Members of these communities provided most of the labor that built and expanded the cocoa farming industry on Fernando Pó during the 1880s and 1890s. [1]
Malabo (/ m ə ˈ l ɑː b oʊ / mə-LAH-boh, Spanish: ⓘ; formerly Santa Isabel [ˈsantajsaˈβel] ⓘ) is the capital of Equatorial Guinea and the province of Bioko Norte.It is located on the north coast of the island of Bioko (Bube: Etulá, and as Fernando Pó by the Europeans).
Superintendents later Governors of Fernando Pó (1849–1855 also British Consuls of the Bight of Biafra, Nigeria) 27 October 1827 to 4 April 1829: William Fitzwilliam Owen, Superintendent: 4 April 1829 to 1830: Edward Nicolls, Superintendent: 1st time 1830 to 1831: John Beecroft, acting Superintendent: 1st time 18 August 1831 to 1833: Edward ...
In October, the nationalist auxiliary cruiser Ciudad de Mahon, armed with a 76 mm gun, a 101 mm gun and ferrying Moroccan nationalist troops from the Canary islands, arrived at Fernando Po. Serrano requisitioned the ship, using it to shell Bata and hit Fernando Po, killing three clergymen and a civilian held on board as prisoners in the process.