Treatise on the Rivers of Cuama' (Tratado DOS Rios de Cuama) by Antonio Da Conceicao

Contributor(s): Newitt, Malyn (Editor)

ISBN: 9780197264072

Publisher: British Academy

Hardcover

$70.00

Pub Date: March 26, 2009

Dewey: 968.9101

LCCN: 2009281343

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Glossary, Index, Maps

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.70" H x 9.20" L x 6.40" W ( 0.80 lbs) 146 pages

BISAC Categories:

Series: Fontes Historiae Africanae

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description:

This 1690s account describes in detail the relationship of the Portuguese with the peoples of East Central Africa, and tells of the rise of the Changamira dynasty in what is now Zimbabwe.

Review Quotes:

Newitt's English translation makes the work exponentially more accessible ... Few scholars are better placed that Malyn Newitt to discuss the Treatise's context and highlight its significance.

-- "Jeanne Marie Penvenne, Journal of African History"

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