Portuguese in South-East Africa 1600-1700 & Portuguese Pioneers in Southern Africa

Portuguese in South-East Africa 1600-1700: Third edition 1969. Hardcover with dust jacket in unread, splendid condition. 226 pages. 12 illustrations and 3 maps. Includes topics as the Sieges of Mocambique, Estevao De Ataide, Diogo Simoes Madeira, Nuno Alvares Pereira, the Revolt of Mombasa, the 1635 Settlement Scheme and the Fall of Mombasa.

Axelson began his researches into the history of the Portuguese in 1936 and soon became well know for his discovery of the farthest stone pillar which Bartolomeu Dias erected in 1488. He details the 17th century activities of the Portuguese in south-east Africa, from their base in Mocambique up the Zambezi into Mashonaland, and on the Mombasa coast. An appendix summarizes survivors' accounts of the shipwrecks on the coast of southern Africa during this period.

Smaller booklet with 16 pages in very good condition. Carton wrappers.