Lourenço Marques
Mozambique · Africa
Lourenço Marques is a city and district in Mozambique, an East African destination of Madeiran emigrants in 1889–90, where many Madeiran footballers played. Several Madeirans served, wrote about or died there: João de Andrade and Dr. António Aurélio da Costa Ferreira died there, César Pereira arrived for colonial service in 1897, and Aires de Ornelas administered the district.
1Mentioned in
- Sport — African city where many Madeiran footballers played.
- Great War — Where João de Andrade died in hospital.
- Pereira (César Atanásio da Silva) — Where he arrived for colonial service in 1897.
- Costa Ferreira (Dr António Aurélio da) — Mozambican city where he meant to organise an anthropological museum and where he died.
- Emigration — East African destination of 1889–90 emigrants.
- Câmara Leme (Dom Luís da) — Mozambican district subject of his monograph.
- Ornelas e Vasconcelos (Aires de) — Mozambican district he administered.
2Chronology
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Madeiran emigration to Angola and Lourenço Marques continued, with 1,338 departures; a further 704 settlers reached Moçâmedes, bringing Madeirans there to 1,281.
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César Atanásio da Silva Pereira arrived at Lourenço Marques.
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Dr António Aurélio da Costa Ferreira stayed in Funchal on his way to Africa and took his own life in Lourenço Marques shortly after arriving.