Author: Coutinho, Joao [de Azevedo]
Title: Do Nyassa a Pemba; os territorios da Companhia do Nyassa; O futuro porto commercial da Regiao dos Lagos
Description: Lisboa, Companhia Nacional Editora, (1891). orig.wrappers. 28x18cm,, 247,(11) pp, Lower cover,half-title & title-page corner dogeared, small tear to half-title. Light top-edge stain to last few pages.. Unopened. Rubbed. spine chipped, some foxing, Good. ¶ An economic-geographical study of the Niassa territory of 19th-Century colonial Mozambique (then a Nyassa Company concession) detailing flora, fauna, mineral wealth & evidently issued to attract investment & colonial settlers. This bears a printed [published] cover wrapper indicating publisher as Livraria Triunfo, dated 1931. The title-page reads: Typ. da Companhia Nacional Editora, dated 1891.This does not appear to be a reprint: Livraria Triunfo [which lists other 19th-century works relating to Portuguese colonies on rear cover] apparently acquired the original unbound sheets of this book and added their own paper-cover wrappers in 1931, hence the discrepancy in dates of publication. Contents: Consideracoes Geraes; Geographia: Littoral; Hydrographia; O lago Nyassa; Orographia; Clima; Fertilidade de solo; Populacao: Makuas; Makondes; Mavias; Ajanas; Maganjas; Habitacoes; Densidade da populacao; Agricultura: Productos e culturas:Amendoim; Gergelim; Copal; Ebano; Coco...Canna de assucar; Salsaparrilha; Tabaco; Cafe; Noz moscada; Cravo; Baobab; Fructas; Legumes e hortalicas; Madeiras, essencias vegetaes, etc.; Culturas a introduzir; Cacau; Bannilha; Cha... Productos mineraes: Ferro; Cobre; Ouro... Fauna: Animaes selvagens; O Elephante; Animaes domesticos; Boi; Carneiros... Caes e gatos;.. Lagos e rios: Os productos das aguas; Ostras; Esponjas; Coral; Madreperola; Tartaruga; Os cetaceos; Crocodilos; Hippotamos; Caranguejos; Sal; Colonisacao; Commercio: Commercio de exportacao; Commercio de importacao; Commercio do interior; Pautas; Conclusao.

Keywords: Portuguese Colonialism, Mozambique, South East Africa, Portugal Colonies, Niassa Nyassa, Colony Economy, Colonial History, Economic Geography,