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João dos Santos (missionary)
João dos Santos was a Portuguese Dominican friar who served as a missionary in south-east Africa in the 1590s, living at Sofala and on the Zambezi. His book Ethiopia Oriental, published in 1609, describes the peoples and kingdoms of the region, including the court of the Kiteve kingdom. It is one of the main sources for the history of early modern Mozambique.
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