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Portuguese East Africa - LoveToKnow 1911 This Portuguese possession, bounded E. by the Indian Ocean, N. by German East Africa, W. by the Nyasaland Protectorate, Rhodesia and the Transvaal, S. by Tongaland (Natal), has an area of 293,500 sq. - Portuguese East Africa is sparsely inhabited, the estimated population (1909) being 3,120,000; 90% of the inhabitants belong to various Bantu tribes, from whose ranks most of the natives employed in the Transvaal gold mines are recruited. In 1752 the government of the East African possessions was again separated from that of Goa, and twenty years later Francisco Jose Maria de Lacerda e Almeida, a man of high attainments, made governor of the province at his own request, endeavoured to reform the administration. www.1911encyclopedia.org /Portuguese_East_Africa   (6337 words)

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Mozambique Africa, and were in possession of the island of Portuguese had at first to contend with the fierce opposition of the Arabs who dominated all the adjacent country. In 1875 the dispute between England and Portugal for the possession of Delagoa Bay was decided by the arbitrator Mac Mahon, in favour of Portugal. www.newadvent.org /cathen/10610a.htm   (1114 words)

The Mariners' Museum: Newport News, Virginia During the height of their years of exploration, the Portuguese were attempting to find a route around Africa into the Indian Ocean and eventually trade with India and the Far East. In 1415, the Portuguese captured the Moorish city of Ceuta in the northern coast of Africa. Since overland routes to Asia were blocked by Ottoman Turks, Portuguese mariners began their slow and persistent progress down the coast of Africa in search for gold and trade routes to the east. www.mariner.org /educationalad/ageofex/portuguese_exp.php   (527 words)

Portuguese East Africa Portuguese East Africa consists of the Province of Mozambique. The province is served by a number of fine harbours, including Lourenço Marques, the best in south-east Africa, which is connected with the Transvaal by a railway, Beira, the outlet for the produce of the Mashona gold fields and joined to them by rail, Inhambane, Chinde, Quilimane, Ibo, and Mozambique. A force of 2730 men of the first line form the colonial army and the policing of the rivers and harbours is done by flotillas of gunboats. www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/p/portuguese_east_africa.html   (582 words)

Portuguese language, alphabet and pronunciation Portuguese is a descendent of Vulgar Latin, which was brought to the Iberian Peninsula by Roman soldiers, settlers and merchants from 218 BC. A reformed Portuguese orthography (nova ortografia), in which words were spelled more in accordance with their pronunciation, was adopted is Portugal in 1916. However in Santa Catarina, Paraná and the north and north east of Brazil, d in the final -de is pronounced [d]. www.omniglot.com /writing/portuguese.htm   (1078 words)

Portuguese East Africa Information Portuguese East Africa is the name formerly applied to a string of Portuguese overseas colonies along the south-east African coast, which now form the state of Mozambique. Portuguese trading settlements and, later, colonies were formed along the coast from 1498, when Vasco da Gama first reached the Mozambican coast. Some of these colonies were handed over in the late nineteenth century for rule by chartered companies such as the Companhia de Moçambique. www.bookrags.com /Portuguese_East_Africa   (229 words)

Mozambique Mocambique on the Internet Has a directory of Centres in Africa for the Study of Portuguese, a directory of Portuguese Cultural Centres in Africa, and of African university departments for the study of Portuguese language and literature. Portuguese Strategy during the Armed Liberation Struggle in Mozambique. A research programme to facilitate the formulation of new policy initiatives on migration in Southern Africa and to promote awareness of the role/contributions of foreign immigrants of African origin in South Africa. www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/ssrg/africa/moz.html   (5349 words)

A short history of Mozambique   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28) The hinterland is ruled since the twelfth century by the Empire of the Shona. In 1498 de Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama visits the region and in 1505 Portugal claims the area as part of Portuguese India. After World War II, while many European nations are granting independence to their colonies, Portugal clings to the concept that Mozambique and other Portuguese possessions are overseas provinces of the mother country: the colony is restyled in 1951 as the overseas province of Portuguese East Africa. www.electionworld.org /history/mozambique.htm   (411 words)

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Portugues East Africa Portuguese activity on that coast began in 1505 with the foundation of the Captaincy of Sofala, and in 1558 a fortress was built at Mozambique, the port of call for ships bound to and from India, and the centre from which the discoverers penetrated into the interior, over-running the native empire of Portuguese authority was almost limited to the cost line. Mozambique has a Tribunal of Second Instance composed of three judges; for ecclesiastical purposes it has a prelacy with jurisdiction over the city but subordinate to the Patriarch of the East Indies at Goa. www.newadvent.org /cathen/12311a.htm   (628 words)

Middle East Daily TEHRAN - Iran is ready to fill a vacuum in Iraq caused by the collapsing power of the United States, Iran's president said today. Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas (R) meets with Norwegian Middle East envoy Sven Safeh, 25 Aug in the West Bank City of Ramallah. NEW DELHI: Iran is set to further boost its rising crude oil exports to Asia, as Opec's second-biggest producer is close to concluding its first term contract with... www.middleeastdaily.com   (1444 words)

Africa Daily Despite the controversy caused by Madonna’s adoption of toddler David, she has been given the go-ahead to adopt the 13-month old orphan who she calls ‘her smiling angel’. Despite putting on a brave face at the annual Zimbabwe Agricultural Show, farmers in Africa's one-time breadbasket face a bleak future as they battle power cuts,... Etteh - House Defies PDP Chairman All Africa www.africadaily.com   (1401 words)

Portugal, Portuguese Africa, Portuguese East Africa & Deltiology Post Cards & Postal Cards "Portuguese fisherman" well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1963 at Gordonville Pennsylvania. "AFRICA ORIENTAL PORTUGUÊSA / RÉGULO DO SABIÉ COM SUA FAMILIA / P. AND CUSTOMS" a chief stands with his children and several semi-nude wives, unused fl and white bilhete postal published by Santos Rufino, minor corner wear. See also Portuguese Guinea postal history and Portuguese Guinea stamps. www.judnick.com /PortugalToPostcardReferences.htm   (4121 words)

Boxer and Brito (1987) The tragic history of the sea, 1589-1622: Narratives of the shipwrecks of the Portuguese East ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28) Boxer and Brito (1987) The tragic history of the sea, 1589-1622: Narratives of the shipwrecks of the Portuguese East Indiamen Säao Thomé (1589), Santo Alberto (1593), Säao Joäao Baptista (1622), and the journeys of the survivors in South East Africa The tragic history of the sea, 1589-1622: Narratives of the shipwrecks of the Portuguese East Indiamen Säao Thomé (1589), Santo Alberto (1593), Säao Joäao Baptista (1622), and the journeys of the survivors in South East Africa Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; 2nd ser., no. 112. www.getcited.org /pub/102542978   (100 words)

Definition of Mozambique - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary 2 or formerly Portuguese East Africa country SE Africa bordering on Mozambique Channel; a republic, until 1975 a dependency of Portugal capital Maputo area 297,846 square miles (771,421 square kilometers), population 16,099,246 Learn more about "Mozambique" and related topics at Britannica.com See a map of "Mozambique" in the Visual Thesaurus www.webster.com /dictionary/Portuguese+East+Africa   (71 words)

Africa - IPS Inter Press Service KAMPALA (IPS) - Coffee producers in Uganda suffer from an unfair trade relationship with Europe, even though their beans produce some of the best quality coffee in the world, says the Ugandan coffee industry's governing body. SOUTH AFRICA: Copper Thieves, an Abattoir and Coal Mining Threaten Lake District Linking the Two Continents' focuses on news, information around the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Asia and Africa. ipsnews.net /africa   (461 words)

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