... sofala, on the Mozambique coast about twenty miles south of Beira. Beira was where most Rhodesians going to Mozambique took their seaside holidays. sofala itself was on the edge of the Buzi river estuary. The river's headwaters were in ...
• SOFALA AND THE GOLD MINES . 233 governor of Sofala , and not of Mozambic : the former being one of their ancient settlements , he has more pride in being called governor of the one than of the other . Some have held the opinion that ...
... SOFALA RIVER is more than 13 mile wide ; the South side is formed by the small island of Inhancata . The river , although so wide , appears by the survey to have very little anchorage ground , being blocked up with sands which dry at ...
... Sofala 1500 1960 Gilé Reserve Zambézia 2100 1960 Chimanimani Reserve Manica 1740 2003 Niassa Reserve Niassa 42,200 1964 Total area 48,440 [6.06%] Coutadas Coutada 4 Manica 12,300 1969 Coutada 5 Sofala 6868 1972 Coutada 6 Manica 4563 ...
... Sofala to collect the curua (curva, that is, tribute). When they got near Sofala, they sent word to the Portuguese captain, and he ordered them to be received by the Muslim sheikh of Sofala and several of his retinue, and they and the ...
... Sofala , both for the gold and for other merchandise . About thirty leagues from Mozambic , between Sofala and Mozambic , is a river in the country of Couesme , otherwise called the " Black River " , where they find much gold , purified ...
... Sofala to Melinde and procure goods for the Sofala trade , and the other four ships were to go to India when the fortress was completed , of which the captains were Pedro Barreto de Magalhaes , Pedro Cão as factor , João Leite , and ...
... SOFALA . himself was formerly established at Sofala ; and even now the title of the governor bears Sofala , and not Mozambic , as being a more ancient and honourable designation . It is even said that Solomon drew from Sofala the gold ...
... Sofala and commissioner to regulate matters at Kilwa.— Suspension of the trading regulations by him - Further trans- actions of the commissioner at Kilwa . - His arrival at Sofala.- Efforts to acquire accurate knowledge concerning ...
... Sofala in 1514— 15 . 151 We can , however , safely assume that the first bazaars in Sofala and its immediate neighbourhood were established during the tenth century when the Arab Swahili traders , who depended on African peasants for ...