Exploration manuscript 2 - 3 views
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makheda on 26 Apr 23The manuscript conveys how the Portuguese explored Central and Southern Africa. The Portuguese started to explore Angola and Mozambique. Stanely explored Congo. Livingstone Explored Zambezi. Portuguese colonists in Angola and Mozambique were fewer in number and weaker in authority than those in the interior of South Africa. They were unable to control coastal trade and merchants in the hinterland, and their economies were poor and corrupt. Whites had superior status and prestige, and Portugal regained its colonizing energy only after the Napoleonic Wars. Portuguese attempted to expand their colonial nucleus in Angola and Mozambique, leading to wars with African peoples, superior status, and prestige. Portugal regained its colonizing energy at the end of the 19th century. Until the 1890s, the Portuguese held limited power outside of their coastal strongholds. The lone bright point in their fortunes in southeastern Africa was Delagoa Bay's burgeoning affluence as commerce with the Transvaal developed. Internationally, Portuguese claims over Delagoa Bay were recognized in 1875. With the discovery of gold in the South African Republic, the bay gained additional significance as its nearest exit, and Lourenço Marques became Mozambique's capital in 1888.