| Francisco Barreto’s expedition to Monomotapa | |||||||||
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_(14781059091).jpg) Barreto and his army fighting the Kafirs | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
.svg){kind=small} Kingdom of Portugal |
.png){kind=small} Kingdom of Monomotapa | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Mwene Mutapa | |||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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1,000 soldiers[4] 3[4]–20[2] ships | 10,000[2][5]–12,000 soldiers[5] | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Many dead by disease | 50 slaughtered in Zambezi[6] | ||||||||
The Portuguese expedition to Monomotapa (1569–1573) was an expedition led by Francisco Barreto as an attempt to gain control over the Ophir gold mines owned by the Monomotapa.
- ^ Kaplan 1977, p. 25.
- ^ a b c d e f Branco, Alberto M. Vara. "Ensaio de Portugalidem Terras Africanas durante a Governação d´El-Rei D.Sebastião: D.Francisco Barreto em Moçambique e na Região do Monomotapa". Millennium (in Portuguese). Polytechnic Institute of Viseu. Archived from the original on 2013-07-07. Retrieved 2007-09-05.
- ^ Duncan 1909, p. 41.
- ^ a b Duncan 1909, p. 31.
- ^ a b Duncan 1909, p. 37.
- ^ Kaplan 1977, p. 24.
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