Lisbon — A Roots & Routes Spark Guide

Where the transatlantic trade began — and where Africans built a neighborhood of refuge. Long before it reached the Americas, the trade in enslaved Africans ran through Lisbon. By the mid-1500s, roughly 10,000 Africans lived here — around a tenth of the whole city. They didn't just survive; they organized, forming their own Catholic brotherhood at the Igreja de São Domingos and a neighborhood called Mocambo, named after an Angolan word for a place of refuge. This single-destination guide goes deep on Lisbon: the full history, the must-see sites and how to experience them, the facts the textbooks skipped, and a complete plan-your-visit section (best time, getting there, plus visa and health basics). Instant PDF download — read on any device or print for the road. Part of the “The Atlantic Crossing” thread in the Roots & Routes collection — a Black traveler's guide to the world. A Novella's World Experience.

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