History of Senegambia

former confederation between Senegal and The Gambia

former territory of French West Africa

thumb|Delisle's 1707 map of Senegambia. right|thumb| The Senegambia (other names: Senegambia region or Senegambian zone, Senegàmbi in Wolof and Pulaar, Senegambi in Serer), in the narrow sense, is a historical name for a geographical region in West Africa roughly lying between the Senegal River and the Gambia River. However, there are also text sources which state that Senegambia is understood in a broader sense and equated with the term the Western region. This refers to the coastal areas between Senegal and Sierra Leone, where the inland border in the east was not further defined.

trading posts owned by the Dutch West India Company in the region of Senegal