... Sofala , near the mouth of the Buzi River in what is now central Mozambique . The presence of 9th - century Islamic ruins on Manda Island off the Kenyan coast indicates that Arabic traders started settling in east Africa at a very early ...
... Sofala On his first voyage Vasco da Gama had not stopped at either Sofala or Kilwa , but he must have heard news of both , for Cabral , making the second voyage to India in 1500 , called at Kilwa and on his return dispatched a ...
... Sofala in Mozambique . African traders , presumably from the goldfields , brought gold and other merchandise overland to Sofala ; African authorities discouraged the coastal Arabs from going inland on their own . " 4 At this stage ...
... Sofala , at the mouth of the Gorongosi river . It affords a good shelter for small vessels . * There is a grove of palm trees on the island . SOFALA BANK . - Sofala is situated at the head of the ex tensive and comparatively shallow ...
... Sofala who later became Sultan of Kilwa in the thirteenth century . And when Vasco da Gama dropped anchor in Sofala in 1497 , he found it still ruled by a governor from Kilwa . The site of the medieval town has not yet been located ...
New South Wales. Miller Margaret Millett John G. M. Mills Isaac , Sofala Mills Mary Ann , Hinton Minshall James , Goulburn Mitchell David , Maitland Mitchell John , Bathurst Mobbs John , Albury Moffitt Mrs. E. , Sofala Malloy Thomas ...
... Sofala an Eldorado . The name Sofala , as applied to the ancient gold- fields , is met with many centuries back in Arabian literature . We come across it about 900 A.D. It can hardly be questioned that it was handed down to the Arabians ...