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.
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