During its "golden age" Portugal amazed the world with its great voyages of discovery. It was therefore appropriate that an epic poet of the time should record the achievements of his contemporaries for posterity. That ...

In the nineteenth century four Portuguese travellers visited the Transvaal, namely Joaquim de Santa Rita Montanha (1806-1870) in 1855-1856, Diocleciano Fernandes das Neves (1829-1883) in 1860-1861, Fernando Augusto da Costa ...