Review of African Political Economy - Vol. 19 No. 51 Gabon: From Timber to Petroleum

Abstract of Briefing

Title:	Gabon: From Timber to Petroleum
Author:	Francois Gaulme
Location:	Vol.19 No.51 (July 1991), pp84-87

Though the economic history of Gabon has yet to be studied in detail, enough is known to confirm the existence of successive stages in its economy since it was first affected by the arrival of the Portuguese at the end of the 15th century and their settlement on Sao Tome, 300 kilometres west of the Gabon River estuary.

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