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João dos Santos
João dos Santos was a Portuguese Dominican friar who served as a missionary at Sofala and along the Zambezi in Mozambique in the late 16th century. His book Ethiopia Oriental, published at Évora in 1609, describes the peoples, kingdoms and customs of south-east Africa, including the court of Uteve and the Mutapa state. It is one of the main European sources for the region in that period.
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