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Treatise on the Rivers of Cuama
Antonio da Conceicao
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Hardcover. This 1690s account describes in detail the relationship of the Portuguese with the peoples of East Central Africa, and tells of the rise of the Changamira dynasty in what is now Zimbabwe. Series: Fontes Historiae Africanae, New Series: Sources of African History. Num Pages: 146 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: HBJH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
This volume publishes one of the most important early Portuguese accounts of east central Africa. The author, António da Conceição, was the ecclesiastical administrator of the Portuguese Zambesi settlements at the end of the seventeenth century. He set out to describe the Portuguese community in the valley and in the gold-bearing regions of the high veldt. In doing so he commented in detail on the African kingdoms of the region and their relations with the Portuguese. He witnessed the rise of a powerful new African dynasty in the area of modern Zimbabwe, that of Changamira, and he described ... Read more
This volume publishes one of the most important early Portuguese accounts of east central Africa. The author, António da Conceição, was the ecclesiastical administrator of the Portuguese Zambesi settlements at the end of the seventeenth century. He set out to describe the Portuguese community in the valley and in the gold-bearing regions of the high veldt. In doing so he commented in detail on the African kingdoms of the region and their relations with the Portuguese. He witnessed the rise of a powerful new African dynasty in the area of modern Zimbabwe, that of Changamira, and he described ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
146
Condition
New
Series
Fontes Historiae Africanae, New Series: Sources of African History
Number of Pages
146
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780197264072
SKU
V9780197264072
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Reviews for Treatise on the Rivers of Cuama
Newitt's English translation makes the work exponentially more accessible ... Few scholars are better placed that Malyn Newitt to discuss the Treatise's context and highlight its significance.
Jeanne Marie Penvenne, Journal of African History
Jeanne Marie Penvenne, Journal of African History