Journey Which Father Antonio Gomes Made to the Empire of Manomotapa

Gomes's Viagem..., written in 1648, presents in rare detail the relations of the Portuguese creole community with the African population of south-central Africa.

List of contents

• Acknowledgements


• Glossary


• List of maps


• List of Illustrations


• Introduction


• Portuguese text of the Viagem...


• English Translation of the Viagem...

About the author

Malyn Newitt taught at the universities of Rhodesia and Exeter where he became Deputy Vice Chancellor. From 1998 until he retired in 2005 he was the Charles Boxer Professor of History at King's College London. A specialist in Portuguese colonial history he is the author of 20 books on the subject including A History of Mozambique (1995) and the recently published A Short History of Mozambique (2017).

Summary

Gomes's Viagem..., written in 1648, presents in rare detail the relations of the Portuguese creole community with the African population of south-central Africa.

Additional text

It will be a useful reference for the scholars and academics who work on East Africa during the Early Modern History and the Relationships between the Europeans and African people.

Product details

• Assisted by: Malyn Newitt (Editor and translation)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.01.2021
• EAN: 9780197266793
• ISBN: 978-0-19-726679-3
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Fontes Historiae Africanae
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, HISTORY / Africa / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Colonialism & imperialism, Social & cultural anthropology, Social and cultural anthropology, Colonialism and imperialism, African History