The last missing ship, António do Campo's…
September 1502 CE
The last missing ship, António do Campo's caravel from the first squadron, will not make it across to India this year.
It is said to have been caught up and battered by bad winds at Cape Correntes and forced to drift with the current of the Mozambique Channel aimlessly southwest.
Campo's caravel is said to have alighted at Delagoa Bay (now Maputo Bay).
The hitherto unknown capacious bay is watered by three rivers: the Maputo river to the south, the Espirito Santo 'river' to the west (actually an estuary formed by the Umbeluzi, Matola and Tembe rivers) and the Maniça (now Incomati) river to the north.
Being told by the local inhabitants that the Espírito Santo 'river' is sourced from a great lake deep in the interior, Campo names it Rio da Lagoa (River of the Lagoon), from which we get the name by which Maputo Bay will long be known: 'Delagoa Bay'.