CHAPTER IV

THE PORTUGUESE IN AFRICA

Origin of the State of Portugal—Prince Henry the Navigator—Portuguese explorations of West African coast—Diogo Cam and the Congo—Rounding of Cape of Good Hope—East African conquests—Portuguese in Abyssinia—in the Congo Kingdom—in Angola—Paulo Diaz—The benefits the Portuguese conferred on Africa—Their struggles with the Dutch—Progress of their rule in West Africa—in East Africa—Monomotapa—Dr Lacerda e Almeida—Livingstone’s journeys—Present state of Moçambique—Delagoa Bay—Beira—Mouzinho de Albuquerque—Moçambique Company—The future of the Portuguese Colonies 76