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Book SynopsisHenry 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.
Trade Review"Northern Mozambique in the Nineteenth Century est constitué de la biographie d'un marin devenu consul britannique (le troisième: 1879 - 1889) au Mozambique, suivie de la publication du manuscrit d'un livre jamais publié (c'est, hélas, fréquent) reprenant les texes de plusieurs articles de l'auteur (Henry Edward O'Neill) résumant 13 voyages d'exploration entre le Zambèze et le Rovuma, avec une pointe au Sud-Mozambique." - René Pélissier, in: Africana Studia, No. 25 (2015), p. 176 "...the book conveys interesting and important direct observations about and engagements with the trade, production, cultures and peoples of Northern Mozambique. This is a primary source, a historical narrative, a biography, and much more." - Jeanne Marie Penvenne, in: Luso-Brazilian Review, vol. 54 no. 2 (2017), pp. E21-E22
Table of ContentsGeneral 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 Chiūta 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 Chiūta, 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
