Northern Mozambique in the nineteenth century : the travels and explorations of H.E. O'Neill / by Hilary C. Palmer, Malyn D.D. Newitt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Palmer, Hilary C., author.

Newitt, M. D. D., author.

Contributor:

Brill Online Books and Journals.

Bernard W. Freeman Book Fund.

Series:

European expansion and indigenous response ; v. 18.

European expansion and indigenous response ; volume 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

O'Neill, H. E. (Henry Edward), 1848-1925--Travel--Mozambique.

O'Neill, H. E.

O'Neill, H. E. (Henry Edward), 1848-1925.

Natural history--Mozambique--Sources.

Natural history.

Ethnology--Mozambique--Sources.

Ethnology.

Explorers--Great Britain--Biography.

Explorers.

History.

Discoveries in geography.

Slave trade.

Travel.

Great Britain.

Mozambique.

Indian Ocean Region.

Diplomats--Great Britain--Biography.

Diplomats.

Slave trade--Indian Ocean Region.

Mozambique--Discovery and exploration--English--Sources.

Mozambique--History--1698-1891--Sources.

Genre:

Biographies.

Electronic books.

Sources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 357 pages).

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Henry Edward O'Neill was British Consul in Mozambique from 1879 to 1889. He completed thirteen exploratory journeys in northern Mozambique, including the first exploration of the Makua and Lomwe countries between Mozambique Island and Lake Malawi. This recreation of his book, which he never published, makes available for the first time a large body of information on the peoples of northern Mozambique (a region still little researched), on the history of the slave trade in the western Indian Ocean and on the expansion of Portuguese rule and the resistance to it by powerful local communities. The introduction includes the first ever biographical study of O'Neill and his contribution to African exploration. Book jacket.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 04, 2016).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Bernard W. Freeman Book Fund.

Contains:

O'Neill, H. E. (Henry Edward), 1848-1925. Makua and Lomwe countries of eastern Africa.

Other Format:

Print version: Palmer, Hilary C., author. Northern Mozambique in the nineteenth century

ISBN:

9789004293687

900429368X

OCLC:

929864231

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