Note 55 — Chapter IV · THE PORTUGUESE IN AFRICA
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Mr E. G. Ravenstein deduces 1485 as the date from the details shown in the coat of arms in the inscription. This inscription was only discovered on the high rock, near the Mpozo confluence, by a Swedish missionary in 1906. The inscription begins “Aqi chegaram os navios do esclarecido Rey Dom Joam ho seg° de Portugall,” and is followed by the names of Diogo Cam (Cão) and others. See the Geographical Journal for June, 1908.