20' S. beyond the
river of Semin Dote, 50 leagues south of the bay of Lorenzo
Marquez[409].
All the lands of the Fumos belongs to the king of
Virangune[410], and extends 30 leagues into the interior, bordering on
the south with the country of Mocalapata, which again extends to the
river St Lucia, in lat. 28 deg. 15' S. and to the kingdom of Vambe,
which contains a great part of the Terra de Natal[411]. From thence
to the Cape of Good Hope, the natives have no king, being ruled only by
ancozes or chiefs of villages. Next to the kingdom of Virangune to
the north is that of Innaca, towards the N.E. to the point of the bay
of St Laurence, in lat. 25 deg. 45' S. opposite to which are two islands,
named Choambone and Setimuro, the latter of which is uninhabited,
and is the station of the Portuguese who resort to this bay to purchase
ivory. About this bay many great rivers fall into the sea, as those
named Beligane, Mannica, Spiritu Santo, Vumo, Anzate, and
Angomane[412]. Anzate runs long the edge of vast inaccessible
mountains, covered with herds of elephants, and inhabited by a gigantic
race of people[413]. In the latitude of 25 deg. S. the river De los Reyes,
or Del Ouro, likewise named the river Inhampura falls into the sea,
to the west of which in the interior are the kingdoms of Innapola and
Mannuco. From this place to Cape Corientes, the sea makes a great bay,
along which inhabit the Mocaranges, a nation much addicted to
thieving[414]. Opposite to Cape St Sebastian are the islands of
Bazaruto or Bocica, and not far from it the kingdom of Innabuze
which reaches to the river Innarigue[415]. After which is the country
of Pande, bordering on Monnibe, which last extends to Zavara in
the interior. Near these are the kingdoms of Gamba and Mocuraba,
which last is near Cape Corientes[416].
[Footnote 409: If the latitude in the text could be depended on, this
shipwreck seems to have taken place on the coast now occupied by the
Hambonaas, near the small river Bagasie, 85 miles south from the
entrance into Delagoa bay. The river of Semin Dote is probably that
now called Mafumo, which agrees with the country of Fumos in the
text; and the bay of Lorenzo Marquez may possibly be Delagoa, though
only 28 leagues north from the latitude of the text, but there is no
other bay of any importance for 400 miles farther along this coast. - E.]
[Footnote 410: In modern maps, the country along the south side of the
river Mafumo, is said to be the dominions of Capellah. - E.]
[Footnote 411: To the south of the Hambonaas at Delagoa bay, the coast
of Natal is inhabited by the Tambookies and Koussis. The river St
Lucia still remains in our maps in the latitude indicated, but the other
names in the text are unknown in modern geography.
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