See also:

• MOZAMBIQUE [Sao Sebastiao de Mocambique]

MOZAMBIQUE [Sao Sebastiao de Mocambique]  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of Portuguese See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa, seat of a See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic bishopric in the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• GOA

Goa, in 15° 4' S., 400 44' E . The town occupies the whole of a small See also:

• CORAL

coral See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island at the mouth of Mossoril See also:

• BAY

Bay . The name See also:

• MOZAMBIQUE [Sao Sebastiao de Mocambique]

Mozambique, used first to designate the island, was also given to the town and extended to the whole of the Portuguese possessions on the east See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of Africa . There are three forts, of which the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal, St See also:

• SEBASTIAN
• SEBASTIAN, ST

Sebastian, at the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern extremity of the island was built in 1510 entirely of See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone brought from See also:

• PORTUGAL

Portugal . It is quadrangular, and has bastioned walls nearly 70 ft. high . In it are mounted some See also:

• MODERN

modern guns . The See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour is small, but deep enough to admit vessels See also:

• DRAWING

drawing 25 feet . The inhabitants, who number about 7000, consist chiefly of See also:

• MAHOMMEDAN

Mahommedan negroes of mixed descent speaking a See also:

• DIALECT (from Gr. Sia stcror, conversation, manner of speaking, &aXeyec6at, to converse)

dialect of the Makwa See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language . There are Parsee, See also:

• BANYAN, or BANIAN (an Arab corruption, borrowed by the Portuguese from the Sanskrit vanij, " merchant ")

Banyan, Goanese and Arab traders, and about 300 Europeans, besides See also:

• HALF

half-See also:

• CASTE (through the Fr. from Span. and Port. casta, lineage, Lat. cast us, pure)

caste Portuguese . The See also:

• ANNUAL

annual See also:

• AVERAGE

average value of the imports for the three years 19o4–1906 was £97,035, of the exports £71,636 . The import See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade is chiefly with See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain and See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, the articles in See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief demand being See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton, coloured shawls and hardware . The exports are chiefly groundnuts, See also:

• RUBBER, INDIARUBBER

rubber of inferior quality, sesamum and other oil seeds, See also:

• TORTOISE

tortoise-See also:

• SHELL
• SHELL (O. Eng. scell, scyll, cf. Du. sceel, shell, Goth. skalja, tile; the word means originally a thin flake,. cf. Swed. skalja, to peel off; it is allied to " scale " and " skill," from a root meaning to cleave, divide, separate)

shell and See also:

• EBONY (Gr. E(3evos)

ebony .

See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany has a large See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share of the exports . Mozambique was discovered by Vasco da Gama in 1498 . There was then a flourishing Arab town on the island, of which no trace exists . The See also:

• HISTORY

history of the Portuguese town is closely identified with that of the province, for which see PORTUGUESE EAST AFRICA . The commercial and See also:

• POLITICAL

political importance of Mozambique has been eclipsed by Lourenco Marques .