![A fresco inside Quirinal Palace in Rome showing the Congolese and Japanese embassies in 1616-1617.](https://imagenes.elpais.com/resizer/v2/BHIZKRZXUUEWTB3SSOH6T6OOTU.jpg?auth=e1742e1eef7997d09fad2370a9cf306c22e7f89e4698e77714f4bdd6e86a8cde&width=414&height=233&focal=520%2C353)
The age of exploration: when Africa discovered Spain
During the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, encounters between African and Spanish kingdoms were largely a relationship of equals
During the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, encounters between African and Spanish kingdoms were largely a relationship of equals