India, House Of

Also called �House Of Guinea, House Of Guinea And Mina, or House Of Mina, �Portuguese �Casa Da India, Casa Da Guin�, Casa De Guin� E Mina, or Casa Da Mina, � 15th-century Portuguese establishment that managed the trade in products from overseas colonies. It was called House of Guinea because it began by processing products from Guinea. Originally housed in a warehouse at Lagos in southern Portugal, it was reestablished in Lisbon with the death of Prince Henry the Navigator (1460). As trade from S�o Jorge da Mina (now Elmina, Ghana)