Notas documentais sobre o Cabo Delgado e Niassa no Século XIX

Abstract

This article documents the historical facts that occurred in the second half of the 19th century in Cabo Delgado and Niassa in northern Mozambique. The research conducted between 2010 and 2011 focused on the documentation of the funds of the general government of Mozambique and the government of the District of Cabo Delgado of the Historical Archive of Mozambique (AHM). The article contains the Portuguese dossiers referring to the dispute between Zanzibar and Portugal on the northern border of Mozambique in Cabo Delgado and the Treaty of Commerce and Friendship between the two governments. There are also files on the "Expedition to Niassa", disputes that have developed between Portuguese authorities in Mozambique and British authorities in British Central Africa (Nyasaland, now Malawi), and on the resistance struggles in Niassa.