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| General editor's foreword |
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| Introduction |
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Contacts of the early Portuguese navigators with the peoples of the East African coast |
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1 | (20) |
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Journal of the first voyage of Vasco da Gama |
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1 | (4) |
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Cabral's fleet on the coast of East Africa |
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5 | (2) |
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Vasco da Gama's second voyage |
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7 | (4) |
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Account of the voyage of D. Francisco de Almeida, viceroy of India, along the coast of East Africa |
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11 | (6) |
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The cruise of Tristao da Cunha and Afonso de Albuquerque along the coast of northwest Madagascar |
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17 | (4) |
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Early descriptions of East Africa and its peoples |
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21 | (20) |
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Letter from Diogo de Alcacova to the king |
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21 | (4) |
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Description of the journey of the convict Antonio Fernandes into the interior of Monomotapa |
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25 | (4) |
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Letter from Joao Vaz de Almada, captain of Sofala, to the king |
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29 | (2) |
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The Book of Duarte Barbosa |
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31 | (5) |
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A description of central Africa in the mid-sixteenth century |
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36 | (5) |
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41 | (12) |
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Letter from Pero Ferreira Fogaca, captain of Kilwa, to the king |
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41 | (1) |
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Letter from Pero Vaz Soares, factor of Sofala, to the king |
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42 | (3) |
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Letter from Francisco de Brito, factor of Sofala, to the king |
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45 | (2) |
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Letter from Dom Pedro de Castro to the king |
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47 | (3) |
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Letter from Joao Velho, former factor of Sofala, to the king |
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50 | (3) |
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53 | (14) |
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Letter from Father Andre Fernandes to the Father Provincial of the Society of Jesus in India |
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53 | (3) |
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Letter from Father Andre Fernandes to Brother Luis Frois |
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56 | (3) |
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Letter from Father Dom Goncalo da Silveira to the Fathers and Brothers of the College of the Society of Jesus in Goa |
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59 | (2) |
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Letter from Brother Baltasar to Father Marcos |
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61 | (1) |
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The martyrdom of Dom Goncalo da Silveira |
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62 | (5) |
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The Barreto-Homem expedition |
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67 | (12) |
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Barreto's expedition to Monomotapa |
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67 | (2) |
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Journey made by Fathers of the Society of Jesus with Francisco Barreto in the conquest of Monomotapa in the year 1569 |
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69 | (2) |
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Homem's march to Manica, 1574 |
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71 | (3) |
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Letter from Vasco Fernandes Homem to Luis da Silva |
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74 | (5) |
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79 | (6) |
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82 | (3) |
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The Zimba on the East African coast |
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85 | (1) |
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Portuguese descriptions of the peoples of East Africa |
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85 | (14) |
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The Portuguese and the kingdom of Quiteve |
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85 | (4) |
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The Portuguese at the gold fairs |
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89 | (3) |
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The Monomotapa state in the seventeenth century |
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92 | (4) |
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Father Francisco Monclaro's account of the Makua |
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96 | (3) |
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99 | (16) |
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The wreck of the galleon Sao Joao on the coast of Natal in the year 1552 |
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99 | (4) |
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The wreck of the ship Sao Thome in the land of Fumos in the year 1589 |
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103 | (4) |
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Wreck of the great ship Santo Alberto and the itinerary of the people who were saved from it |
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107 | (4) |
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The wreck of the Santiago |
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111 | (4) |
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Portuguese wars in the interior in the seventeenth century |
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115 | (10) |
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Portuguese wars in central Africa in the seventeenth century |
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115 | (5) |
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Letter of Sisnando Dias Bayao to Belchior Teixeira |
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120 | (2) |
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Diogo de Sousa de Meneses's campaigns in East Africa |
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122 | (3) |
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Descriptions of Portuguese towns and settlements |
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125 | (30) |
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The Querimba Islands and their inhabitants |
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125 | (3) |
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Description of the Querimba Islands in 1634 |
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128 | (2) |
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Mozambique Island, c.1570 |
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130 | (1) |
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Mozambique Island before the Dutch sieges |
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131 | (3) |
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Santos and the Muslims of Sofala |
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134 | (1) |
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Sofala and its hinterland |
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135 | (3) |
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The Africans around Quelimane |
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138 | (2) |
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140 | (9) |
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The voyage made by Antonio Gomes of the Society of Jesus to the empire of Monomotapa |
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149 | (2) |
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Mombasa and its coast in 1634 |
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151 | (4) |
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155 | (10) |
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Gaspar Bocarro's overland journey to Kilwa, 1616 |
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155 | (3) |
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The Jesuits in Madagascar |
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158 | (3) |
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Account of Lake Malawi in 1624 |
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161 | (4) |
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Decline and fall of the Portuguese on the Zimbabwe plateau |
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165 | (8) |
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Report on the state and conquest of the rivers of Cuama in 1665 |
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165 | (5) |
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The Portuguese loss of the gold mines |
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170 | (3) |
| Glossary |
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173 | (4) |
| Bibliography |
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177 | (4) |
| Index |
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