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Zanzibar; city, island, and coast. Vol. 2 (of 2)

Note 7 — Chapter II · MOMBASAH OR MVÍTA.[2]

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Dos Santos calls the Commander ‘Muzimbas.’ Duarte Barbosa mentions sub voce Zimbaoche, a great village seven days’ journey from Benametapa. De Barros identifies it with the Ptolemeian Agyzimba, and describes it as a royal residence of the Emperor Benomotapa. It is the Zumbo of Dr Livingstone.

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