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World History Archives: Gabonese political history - English
URL: http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/35/index-fa.html

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World Travel Guide - Gabon - History & Government - English
URL: http://www.worldtravelguide.net/data/gab/gab580.asp

The earliest of the present inhabitants are the Pygmies; from AD 1100 onwards various Bantu tribes began migrating into the area. It was during this period of migration, which continued for several centuries, that the Portuguese discovered Gabon in 1472.

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Gabon History - English
URL: http://www.nationbynation.com/Gabon/History1.html

France made the area a semi-protectorate in 1839-41 and worked to abolish the still-active slave trade. In 1903, France put a colonial administration in place and in 1910, the region became part of French Equatorial Africa.

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Gabon& - Information - English
URL: http://www.countrywatch.com/files/062/as_topic.asp?vCOUNTRY=062&TP=HISTO

The first contact with Europeans was with the Portuguese in the 1470s. During the following 350 years, first the Portuguese and later the French, Dutch and English carried on a lucrative trade in slaves. The French made the first permanent European settlement, with the agreement of the Mpongwe ruler, in 1839.

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Gabon - English
URL: http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107556.html

Geography, History.

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World History Archives: The History of the Gabonese Republic (Gabon) - English
URL: http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/35/index-f.html

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History of Gabon - English
URL: http://www.worldrover.com/history/gabon_history.html

During the last seven centuries, Bantu ethnic groups arrived in the area from several directions to escape enemies or to find new land. Little is known of tribal life before European contact, but tribal art suggests a rich cultural heritage.

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