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Panorama, Lourenco Marques, Mozambique, East Africa

Panoramic view of the City Square, Praca Mouzinho de Albuquerque, Lourenco Marques (now Maputo), capital city of Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa. Date: circa 1905

© Mary Evans / Pharcide

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Maputo, Mozambique - The Hotel Girassol

A preliminary design drawing for The Hotel Girassol at Maputo, known as Lourenco Marques before independence, the capital and largest city of Mozambique. The Hotel was built and is still open to visitors (see Trip Advisor!). Date: circa 1960s

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

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Bullock Waggon Crossing a Drift on the Umbelois River-Swaziland, 1902. Creator: Donald McCracken

Bullock Waggon Crossing a Drift on the Umbelois River-Swaziland, 1902. The Mbuluzi River known as the Umbeluzi, an important river in Mozambique augmented by various tributaries before its waters enter Maputo Bay. From "South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. VII", by Louis Creswicke. [The Caxton Publishing Co., London, 1902]

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