Place foreign city/place Angola Africa
Moçâmedes
Angola · Africa
Moçâmedes is an Angolan port where the first Madeiran settlers landed on 18 November 1884 and where a flourishing Madeiran colony developed. Salt was made there in concrete-lined reservoirs.
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- Madeirans in Angola — Angolan port where the first settlers landed on 18 November 1884.
- Salt pans — Angolan port where salt was made in concrete-lined reservoirs.
- Emigration — Angolan settlement with a flourishing Madeiran colony.
2Chronology
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232 people emigrated from Madeira to Africa, 210 of them contracted for Moçâmedes.
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The first 222 Madeiran colonists left Funchal for Angola aboard the warship Índia.
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The first Madeiran colonists arrived at Moçâmedes, Angola.
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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.