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Title: History of Africa south of the Zambesi : from the settlement of the Portuguese at Sofala in September 1505 to the conquest of the Cape Colony by the British in September 1795
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Theal, George McCall, 1837-1919
Subjects: Ethnology Portuguese
Publisher: London : G. Allen & Unwin ltd.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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uths, the people onthe other rafts were either drowned, or perished fromstarvation. The commerce of the delta of the Zambesi and of theterritory bordering upon it to the south was at this time toa small extent in the hands of Arab mixed breeds, who pro-fessed to be vassals of the Portuguese. The principal man * The names on Perestrellos chart are the following : Cabo de BoaEsperanca, Cabo Falso, Cabo das Agulhas, Cabo do Infante, Bahia deS. Sebasti&o, Cabo das Vacas, Cabo de S. Bras, Agoada de S. Bras,Cabo Talhado, Bahia de S. Caterina, Cabo das Baxas, Ponta Delgada,Bahia Fermosa, Cabo das Serras, Bahia de S. Francisco, Cabo doArrecife, Ilha da Cruz, Bahia da Lagoa, Ilheos Chaos, Ponta do Padrao,Rio do Infante, Rio de S. Christovao, Primeira Ponta do Natal, Pontado Meio, Ponta Derradeira, Ponta de Pescaria, Ponta de S. Lucia,Rio de S. Lucia, Rio dos Med&os do Ouro, Ponta dos Fumos, Terrados Fumos, Bahia de Lourenoo Marques, Rio do Santo Espirito, Riodo Manica, and Rio do Ouro.
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PHOTOGRAPH OF PERESTRELLOS CHART i589) Wreck of the Sao Thome. 319 among them was one Muinha Sedaca, who was wealthy andhad a large establishment. He showed much kindness tothose of the wrecked people who landed near his residence,and assisted them to reach a place of safety. The chief commerce, however, was in the hands of aPortuguese named Francisco Brochado, who had acquiredgreat influence and power in the country. He was a manof good family, and had settled on the Zambesi thirty yearsbefore. He had two great establishments, consisting entirelyof slaves, one at Kilimane, the other on the Luabo, and ateach he resided during a portion of the year. His generosityto his wrecked countrymen was unbounded, and by himthey were clothed and otherwise cared for until they couldembark at Kilimane for Mozambique. Francisco Brochado held the title of an office from thePortuguese government, but his power was not due to that:it was owing solely to the influence which a resolute, active,and able m

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