Portuguese East Africa
Britishnoun
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For nearly 400 years, Mozambique Island was the capital of Portuguese East Africa, when the region was under colonial rule.
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2024
For more than a day, he followed railroad tracks that he hoped would lead east — across 300 miles of Boer territory to Portuguese East Africa and freedom.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 16, 2016
For several days, Howard hid Churchill in his mine, then, with the help of several friends, smuggled him onto a freight train to Lourenço Marques, the capital of Portuguese East Africa.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 16, 2016
In the low brush country back of Port Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa, where reeds grow shoulder high, terror stalked last week.
From Time Magazine Archive
There are no good natural harbors except Delagoa Bay in Portuguese East Africa, but by great expenditure the harbors of Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, East London, and Durban have been adapted for great commerce.
From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 14 The New Era; A Supplementary Volume, by Recent Writers, as Set Forth in the Preface and Table of Contents by Lord, John
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