A Portuguese scientific expedition in 1877 departs…
1876 CE to 1887 CE
Serpa Pinto explores the headwaters of the Cuanza River in Angola and follows the course of the Zambezi River to Victoria Falls in present-day Zimbabwe.
Exploring areas now part of South Africa, he crosses the Transvaal and arrives in Natal in 1879.
In 1884 Capelo and Ivens depart from Mocamades on the coast of Angola and cross the continent through entirely unexplored territory, arriving at Quelimane on the east coast of Mozambique in 1885.
In the same year, Serpa Pinto and Augusto Cardoso explore the territory around Lake Nyassa.
Various Portuguese have explored the interior of Mozambique.
