Treatise on the Rivers of Cuama by Antonio Da Conceicao

This volume publishes one of the most important early Portuguese accounts of east central Africa.

The author, Ant nio da Concei o, 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197264077
• ISBN13: 9780197264072
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: British Academy
• Length: 150 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.2"