Group
Spanish Guinea
Substate
Defunct
1778 CE – 1968 CE
Spanish Guinea (Spanish: Guinea Española) was a set of insular and continental territories controlled by Spain from 1778 in the Gulf of Guinea and on the Bight of Bonny, in Central Africa. It gained independence in 1968 as Equatorial Guinea.
Topics
- Colonization of Africa, German
- Scramble for Africa
- Kousséri, Battle of
- Wadai War, also known as the Ouaddai War
- First World War
Locations
None linked.
Cite this entry
Moran, J. (n.d.). Spanish Guinea. History Atlas. Retrieved 17 September 2026, from https://www.historyatlas.com/groups/spanish-guinea/
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