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How was southern Gabon connected to the Kingdom of Kongo in the 15th century?
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When Portuguese navigators first arrived in Gabon in 1472, portions of southern Gabon were loosely linked to the Kingdom of Loango. This state, in turn, functioned as a province of the vast Kongo kingdom located to the south.12