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FIGANIER (Joaquim). HISTÓRIA de Santa Cruz do Cabo de Gué (Agadir) 1505-1541. Lisboa. 1945. - FIGANIER (Joaquim) HISTÓRIA de Santa Cruz do Cabo de Gué (Agadir) 1505-1541 . Lisboa: Agência Geral das Colónias, 1945. 400 pp.; 225 mm. A study of the Portuguese fortress and trading post of Santa Cruz do Cabo de Gué, in present-day Agadir, from its private foundation in 1505 until its definitive loss in 1541. Based on extensive documentation from the National Archives of Torre do Tombo (chancelleries, letters, drawers, chronological records, and letters from the governors of Africa), the author reconstructs the history of this southern Moroccan stronghold, acquired by the Crown in 1513, which withstood a siege in 1533 led by Sharif Mohammed al-Shaykh, and which would finally fall in 1541, following which the Portuguese also abandoned Azamor and Safim. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate