academic-book
Elizabeth A. Eldredge, ‘Shipwreck Survivor Accounts from the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries’
- Authors
Elizabeth A. Eldredge, “Shipwreck Survivor Accounts from the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries,” in Kingdoms and Chiefdoms of Southeastern Africa: Oral Traditions and History, 1400–1830, chapter 3, 54–88. Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora. Boydell & Brewer, 2015.
Events using this source
1552São João survivors pass through organised coastal societiesFrom 1552Shipwreck accounts begin documenting coastal chiefly authorityApril 1554São Bento wrecked near the Transkei coastMarch 1589São Thomé wrecked near the Natal coast24 March 1593Santo Alberto wrecked on the Pondoland coastFrom late March 1593Santo Alberto survivors record extensive contact with coastal communities