Guinea Ecuatorial 1903

The island of Bioko was discovered by a Portuguese sailor Fernando Poó in 1472. In 1777 it was ceded to Spain by an agreement between S. Ildefonso and el Pardo. Later, in 1820 the English established several bases from which they controlled the Golf of Guinea. It was in 1854 when Spain became steadily established there until the 12 October 1968, when Equatorial Guinea gained Independence.

Island of a volcanic origin, with well drained soils rich in basalts, it is an excellent place for any tropical crop.

The production on the Island is basically agricultural, primarily represented by cacao, as well as coffee, palm oil, abacá, banana, yam, malanga. Cacao was first brought by the first Portuguese missionaries in 1750 from the Islands of Sao Tomé and Príncipe.

In the images on the left it can be appreciated early 20th Equatorial Guinea, with the drying of cocoa to the sun (1920), the Santa Isable port, Camasa's main office in 1916 facing one of the main arteries of Malabo. bullfighting show in 1954, and Santa Isabel's train station in what is now the Independence Avenue.