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| | Missionary Travels in South Africa - Chapter 21. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) |
 | | Schut of Loanda, and, as it shows the cheapness of provisions here, I may mention that the cost was only about a guinea per head. |
 | | In the history of Angola we find that the famous queen Donna Anna de Souza came from the vicinity, as embassadress from her brother, Gola Bandy, King of the Jinga, to Loanda, in 1621, to sue for peace, and astonished the governor by the readiness of her answers. |
 | | The Jinga paid him tribute annually in cowries, which were found on the island that shelters Loanda harbor, and, on refusing to continue payment, the King of Congo gave over the island to the Portuguese, and thus their dominion commenced in this quarter. |
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