Northern Mozambique in the nineteenth century : the travels and explorations of H.E. O'Neill

Northern Mozambique in the nineteenth century : the travels and explorations of H.E. O'Neill /

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Main Authors: Palmer, Hilary C. (Author), Newitt, M. D. D. (Author)
Other Authors: O'Neill, H. E. (Henry Edward), 1848-1925
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2016
Series:European expansion and indigenous response ; v. 18.
Subjects:
O'Neill, H. E. > (Henry Edward), > 1848-1925 > Travel > Mozambique.
Natural history > Mozambique > Sources.
Ethnology > Mozambique > Sources.
Explorers > Great Britain > Biography.
Diplomats > Great Britain > Biography.
Slave trade > Indian Ocean Region.
Mozambique > Discovery and exploration > English > Sources.
Mozambique > History > 1698-1891 > Sources.
Biography
Biographies.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Lieutenant Henry Edward O'Neill
  • Prologue
  • The life and career of Henry Edward O'Neill from 1848 to 1879
  • The consuls and their work, 1857-1885
  • Consul O'Neill's journeys 1879-1885
  • Henry Edward O'Neill, the later years 1885-1925
  • Northern Mozambique in the nineteenth century
  • The slave trade in eastern Africa in the 1880s
  • The Makua and Lomwe countries of eastern Africa
  • Sketch of two voyages, north of Mozambique
  • in 1880
  • First voyage: journey from Mozambique to Pemba Bay. May & June/80
  • Second voyage: journey from Mozambique to Cape Delgado. Oct. & Nov./80
  • Sketch of three voyages, south of Mozambique
  • in 1881 and 1882
  • First voyage: journey through the Kivolani-Umfussi districts, south of Mokambo Bay Feb/81
  • Second voyage: journey from Mozambique to Angoche, and intermediate ports July/81
  • Third voyage: from Mozambique to the Moma River. March & April/82
  • First journey in Makua and Lomwe countries, west of Mozambique
  • in 1881
  • Visit to Fernao Veloso, and discovery and survey of Nakala and Kisima Julu Bays
  • in 1881
  • Journey in the district west of Cape Delgado Bay, discovery of Lake Lidedi and visit to Mavia tribe, with voyage to Kissanga and neighbourhood
  • 1882
  • First voyage: from Mozambique to Ibo and adjacent ports March & April/81
  • Second voyage: journey in the district west of Cape Delgado Bay, Sept.-Oct. 1882
  • From Mozambique to Lake Shirwa, including discovery of lakes, Amaramba and Chiuta the true sources of the Lugenda River 1883
  • From Mozambique through the Makua and Lomwe countries to Lake Shirwa, June to September 1883
  • Exploration of the northern and north-eastern shores of Lake Shirwa and discovery of the lakes Amaramba and Chiuta, the true sources of the Lugenda river
  • Return journey from Lake Shirwa to the Mozambique coast at Angoche, November 1883 to January 1884
  • From Quillimane to Blantyre in the shire highlands and thence overland to the coast
  • 1884
  • Appendix 1: A catalogue of the published papers of Henry Edward O'Neill
  • Appendix 2: 'Notes by Consul O'Neill upon agriculture and labour in the province of Mozambique', 15 March 1883
  • Appendix 3: Comparative table of Makua and the dialects of Angoche and Ibo
  • Appendix 4: 'Table of native names of places between Mozambique and Pemba Bays'
  • Appendix 5: Letter relating to 'The new slave trade'
  • Appendix 6: Caravan route from Kissanga to the Nyassa Lake.

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