Island of Mozambique
Swahili-Arab trading settlement on the East African coast, with a mosque predating the 1498 arrival of Vasco da Gama, that became the first seat of Portuguese colonial government in the region from 1507 to 1898 - the best-preserved ensemble of Swahili, Arab and Portuguese colonial architecture surviving anywhere on the Indian Ocean.
Dated events and their evidence
- 1498 CE mainstream
Vasco da Gama lands at Mozambique Island source - 1608 CE mainstream
Fort of São Sebastião completed, the largest Portuguese fortification in East Africa source
Where
15.0342° S, 40.7347° E
Sources
- https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/island-of-mozambique-unesco-world-heritage-site
- https://exodus.africa/blog/history-of-mozambique
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