Sofala in 1683 AD, sketch by Mallet Sofala, at present known as Nova Sofala, used to be the chief seaport of the Mwenemutapa Kingdom, whose capital was at Mount Fura. It is located on the Sofala Bank in Sofala Province of Mozambique. It was founded by Swahili merchants. John M. Mugane,The Story of Swahili p.73  This name was given because the area is rich with resources. The Horizon History of Africa, vol. 1, p. 143 References João de Barros (1552–59) Décadas da Ásia: Dos feitos, que os Portuguezes fizeram no descubrimento, e conquista, dos mares, e terras do Oriente., esp. Dec. I, Lib. 10, Cap. 2 (p. 388ff.) Thomé Lopes (c.1504) "Navegação as Indias Orientaes, escrita em Portuguez por Thomé Lopes, traduzida da lingua Portugueza para a Italiana, e novamente do Italiano para o Portuguez", trans. 1812 into Portuguese, by Academia Real das Sciencias in Collecção de noticias para a historia e geografia das nações ultramarinas: que vivem nos dominios portuguezes, ou lhes são visinhas, Vol. 2, Pt. 5 Newitt, M.D. (1995) A History of Mozambique. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. Theal, G. M. (1898–1903) Records of South-eastern Africa collected in various libraries & archive departments in Europe, 9 vols., London: Clowes for Gov of Cape Colony. Theal, G. M. (1902) The Beginning of South African History  . London: Unwin. The 2006 Britannica
Sofala in 1683 AD, sketch by Mallet Sofala, at present known as Nova Sofala, used to be the chief seaport of the Mwenemutapa Kingdom, whose capital was at Mount Fura. It is located on the Sofala Bank in Sofala Province of Mozambique. It was founded by Somali merchants. <ref name="The Story of Somali 73"> John M. Mugane,The Story of Somali p.73 </ref> This name was given because the area is rich with resources. The Horizon History of Africa, vol. 1, p. 143 References João de Barros (1552–59) Décadas da Ásia: Dos feitos, que os Portuguezes fizeram no descubrimento, e conquista, dos mares, e terras do Oriente., esp. Dec. I, Lib. 10, Cap. 2 (p. 388ff.) Thomé Lopes (c.1504) "Navegação as Indias Orientaes, escrita em Portuguez por Thomé Lopes, traduzida da lingua Portugueza para a Italiana, e novamente do Italiano para o Portuguez", trans. 1812 into Portuguese, by Academia Real das Sciencias in Collecção de noticias para a historia e geografia das nações ultramarinas: que vivem nos dominios portuguezes, ou lhes são visinhas, Vol. 2, Pt. 5 Newitt, M.D. (1995) A History of Mozambique. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. Theal, G. M. (1898–1903) Records of South-eastern Africa collected in various libraries & archive departments in Europe, 9 vols., London: Clowes for Gov of Cape Colony. Theal, G. M. (1902) The Beginning of South African History '' . London: Unwin. The 2006 Britannica
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