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Tuesday, 1 May 2012

Portuguese governor of Mozambique used seized steamboat of the sultan of Zanzibar as transport according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 22 February 1887

An item reported that the governor general of Mozambique left to Jungi to take possession of that town. The sultan of Zanzibar sent a steamboat with war stores which was seized by the governor and used as transport. The steamboat arrived in the meantime in Mozambique.