Bioko is an island off the west coast of Africa in the Gulf of Guinea, formerly called Fernando Po or Fernando Poo. It is part of Equatorial Guinea. World map showing location of Africa A satellite composite image of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest continent in both area and population, after Asia. ... The gigantic Gulf of Guinea is the part of the Atlantic southwest of Africa. ...

 It is 70 km long from N.N.E. to S.S.W. and about 32 km across. 

The island was discovered in 1472 by the Portuguese navigator Fernão da Po. Events February 20 - The Orkneys and Shetlands are annexed to the crown of Scotland Discovery of Newfoundland and Nova Scotia by João Vaz Corte-Real. ...

Portugal ceded to Spain Fernando Poo, Annobon and the Guinea coast in 1778, with the Treaty of El Pardo. Annob n is an island south of S o Tom Island (S o Tom and ncipe), belonging to Equatorial Guinea. ... 1785 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

Spain then mounted an expedition to Fernando Poo, led by the Conde de Argelejos.

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From 1827 to 1843 the British leased bases at Port Clarence (modern Malabo) and San Carlos for the anti-slavery patrols. 1827 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1843 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Malabo is the capital city of Equatorial Guinea, located on the northern coast of Bioko Island (formerly Fernando Poo). ... A monument celebrating the emancipation of slaves in the British Empire in 1834, erected in Victoria Tower Gardens, Millbank, Westminster, London Wiktionary has a definition of: Slavery Slavery can mean one or more related conditions which involve control of a person against his or her will, enforced by violence or...

The island was used as a base for flights into Biafra during the Nigerian civil war. Categories: Africa geography stubs | Former countries ... The Nigerian Civil War, 1967 – 1970, was an ethnic and political conflict caused by the attempted secession of the South-eastern provinces of Nigeria as the self-proclaimed republic of Biafra. ...

Notably, Fernando Poo was a central historical nexus in Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea's Illuminatus! trilogy. Robert Anton Wilson Robert Anton Wilson or R. A. W. (born January 18, 1932) is a futurologist, libertarian, and author of the Schrödingers Cat trilogy (1979), a complex spoof of conspiracy theories. ... Robert Joseph Shea (1933 - March 10, 1994) was the co-author (with Robert Anton Wilson) of the Illuminatus trilogy. ... 23 The Illuminatus! Trilogy is a series of three novels written by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson. ...

External link

• Bioko Biodiversity Protection Program (http://www.bioko.org)