SOFALA  , a Portuguese seaport on the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east See also:

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

coast of See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa, at the mouth of a See also:

• RIVER

river of the same name, in 2o° 12' S . Pop, (moo), about See also:

• I000

I000 . The See also:

• TOWN

town possesses scarcely a trace of its former importance, and what 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 it had Was nearly all taken away by the See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of See also:

• BEIRA

Beira (q.v.) a little to the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north ir . 1890 . Sofala 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, once capable of holding a See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred large vessels, is silting up and is obstructed by a See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar . Ruins exist of the strong fort built by the Portuguese in the 16th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . Previous to its See also:

• CONQUEST

conquest by the Portuguese in 1505 Sofala was the See also:

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

chief town of a wealthy See also:

• MAHOMMEDAN

Mahommedan See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, See also:

• ARABS

Arabs having established themselves there in the 12th century or earlier . At one See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time it formed See also:

• PART

part of the sultanate of See also:

• KILWA (Quiloa)

Kilwa (q.v.) . Sofala was visited by the Portuguese See also:

• JEW, THE WANDERING

Jew, Pero de Covilhao, in 1489, who was attracted thither by the reports of See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold-mines of which Sofala was the See also:

• PORT

port . The conquest of the town followed, the first See also:

• GOVERNORS

governors of the Portuguese East See also:

• AFRICAN

African possessions being entitled Captains-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General of Sofala . (See PORTUGUESE EAST AFRICA.) See also:

• THORNE

Thorne See also:

• LOPES, FERNAO (138o?—1459?)

Lopes, who accompanied Vasco da Gama to See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India in 1502 and See also:

• LEFT

left a narrative of the voyage (first printed in See also:

• RAMUSIO

Ramusio, Viaggi e Navegationi), identifies Sofala with See also:

• SOLOMON, ODES OF
• SOLOMON, PSALMS OF

Solomon's See also:

• OPHIR

Ophir and states that it was the See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home of the See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen of Sheba . This See also:

• IDENTIFICATION (Lat. idem, the same)

identification of Sofala with Ophir, to which See also:

• MILTON
• MILTON, JOHN (1608–1674)

Milton alludes (See also:

• PAR (Lat. par, equal)

Par .

Lost, xi . 399-40,) is untenable . The small See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of Chiloane, with a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good harbour, 40 M . S. of Sofala, has been colonized from Sofala (the township being named Chingune) as has also the island See also:

• SANTA

Santa Carolina, in the Bazaruto See also:

• ARCHIPELAGO

archipelago . See See also:

• BULL
• BULL, GEORGE (1634–1710)
• BULL, JOHN (c. 1562–1628)
• BULL, OLE BORNEMANN (18ro-188o)

Bull . Geogr . See also:

• SOC

Soc . See also:

• MOZAMBIQUE [Sao Sebastiao de Mocambique]

Mozambique (1882) for an See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the Sofala mines; and, generally, Idrfsf, See also:

• CLIMATE

Climate, i . § 8, O . Dapper, Description de l'Afrique (See also:

• AMSTERDAM
• AMSTERDAM (NEw AMSTERDAM)

Amsterdam, 1686) ; T . See also:

• BAINES, EDWARD (1774-1848)

Baines, The Gold Regions of See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South Africa (1877); G . McC .

Theal's Records of South Eastern Africa (1898—1903) ; See also:

• SIR

Sir R . See also:

• BURTON, JOHN HILL (1809–1881)
• BURTON, ROBERT (1577-1640)
• BURTON, SIR FREDERICK WILLIAM (1816–f goo)
• BURTON, SIR RICHARD FRANCIS (1821-1890)
• BURTON, WILLIAM EVANS (1804-1860)

Burton's notes to his edition of See also:

• CAMOENS [CAMOES], LUIS VAZ DE (1524-1580)

Camoens .