Northern Mozambique in the Nineteenth Century: The Travels and Explorations of H.E. O'Neill

Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-90-04-29370-0
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 18, 360 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 658 g

Reihe: European Expansion and Indigenous Response

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 the 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Palmer, Hilary C

Newitt, Malyn D D

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kolonialgeschichte, Geschichte des Imperialismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Geschichte: Expeditionen & Entdeckungen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historiographie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Geschichte der Sklaverei

Inhaltsverzeichnis

General Series Editor’s Preface. vii
Acknowledgements. x
List of Illustrations and Maps. xi
Glossary. xii

PART 1: Introduction

Lieutenant Henry Edward O’Neill. 3
Prologue. 3
The Life and Career of Henry Edward O’Neill from 1848 to 1879. 10
The Consuls and their Work 1857–1885. 24
Consul O’Neill’s Journeys 1879–1885. 38
Henry Edward O’Neill, the Later Years 1885–1925. 48
Northern Mozambique in the Nineteenth Century. 58
The Slave Trade in Eastern Africa in the 1880s. 76

PART 2: The Makua and Lomwe Countries of Eastern Africa

1 Sketch of Two Voyages, North of Mozambique – in 1880. 97
First voyage: Journey from Mozambique to Pemba Bay. May & June /80. 97
Second voyage: Journey from Mozambique to Cape Delgado. Oct. & Nov. /80. 121

2 Sketch of Three Voyages, South of Mozambique – in 1881 and 1882. 137
First voyage: Journey through the Kivolani – Umfussi districts, South of Mokambo Bay Feb/81. 137
Second voyage: Journey from Mozambique to Angoche, and intermediate ports July/81. 141
Third voyage: From Mozambique to the Moma River. March & April/82. 146

3 First Journey in Makua and Lomwe Countries, West of Mozambique – in 1881. 150

4 Visit to Fernão Veloso, and Discovery and Survey of Nakala and Kisima Julu Bays – in 1881. 174
5 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. 189
First voyage: From Mozambique to Ibo and adjacent ports March & April/81. 189
Second voyage: Journey in the District West of Cape Delgado Bay, Sept. – Oct. 1882. 196

6 From Mozambique to Lake Shirwa, Including Discovery of Lakes, Amaramba and Chiuta the True Sources of the Lugenda River 1883. 211
Part I From Mozambique through the Makua and Lomwe Countries to Lake Shirwa, June to September 1883. 211
Part II 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. 242
Part III Return journey from Lake Shirwa to the Mozambique coast at Angoche, November 1883 to January 1884. 256

7 From Quillimane to Blantyre in the Shiré Highlands and Thence Overland to the Coast – 1884. 278

Appendices
Appendix 1 A Catalogue of the Published Papers of Henry Edward O’Neill. 303
Appendix 2 Notes by Consul O’Neill upon Agriculture and Labour in the Province of Mozambique, 15 March 1883. 305
Appendix 3 Comparative Table of Makua and the Dialects of Angoche and Ibo. 320
Appendix 4 Table of Native Names of Places Between Mozambique and Pemba Bays. 322
Appendix 5 Letter Relating to ‘the New Slave Trade’. 324
Appendix 6 Caravan Route from Kissanga to the Nyassa Lake. 328

Bibliography. 330
Index. 342

Über Autor(innen)

Hilary Palmer, BA Exeter /History/Politics (1995), Postgraduate Certificate of Education (1996), MA Exeter History (1998), Teaching Fellow in Politics Department University of Exeter 1996-2010 (Retired). Currently Honorary Associate Research Fellow (University of Exeter). Published three articles on O’Neill/exploration including ‘Lieutenant H.E. O’Neill The Reverend W.P. Johnson: The Controversy Surrounding the True Source of the Lujenda River…’ in Terrae Incognitae, Volume 36 (2004).

Malyn Newitt, BA Oxford (1961), PhD London. Current position: Emeritus Professor of History, King’s College, London. Publications include Portuguese Settlement on the Zambesi (1973), Portugal in Africa (1981), History of Mozambique (1995), History of Portuguese Overseas Expansion (2005).