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Scarce map of the Island and town of Mombasa, Kenya which appeared in Francois de Belleforest's Cosmographie Universelle De Tout le Monde.
Vasco da Gama was the first known European to visit Mombasa in 1498. Two years later, the town was sacked by the Portuguese. In 1502, the sultanate became independent from Kilwa Kisiwani and was renamed as Mvita (in Swahili) or Manbasa (Arabic). Portugal attacked the city again in 1528. In 1585 Turks led by Emir 'Ali Bey caused revolts in Mombasa against the Portuguese landlords; only Malindi remained loyal to Portugal. Zimba cannibals overcame the towns of Sena and Tete on the Zambezi, and in 1587 they took Kilwa, killing 3,000 people. At Mombasa the Zimba slaughtered the Muslim inhabitants; but they were halted at Malindi by the Bantu-speaking Segeju and went home. This stimulated the Portuguese to take over Mombasa a third time in 1589, and four years later they built Fort Jesus to administer the region. Between Lake Malawi and the Zambezi mouth, Kalonga Mzura made an alliance with the Portuguese in 1608 and fielded 4,000 warriors to help defeat their rival Zimba, who were led by chief Lundi.
![(Angra, Madera, Azores, North Africa) De Cust van Barbaryen van out Mamora tot Capo Blanco [with] De Cust van Barbaryen van Capo Blanco Tot Capo de Geer [with] De Reede van Punte del Gada int Eylandt S. Michiels [with] De zuydhoec vant Eylandt Fayal [with] De Reede voor de Stadt Angra int eylandt Tercera [with] De Eylanden van Madera en Porto Santo](https://storage.googleapis.com/raremaps/img/small/83722.jpg)
![[Timbuktu and Environs] Carte de la region de Tombouctou au 1/500,000.e Dressee par Mr. le Lieutenant Vaisseau Hourst, Commandant la Flottile du Niger et Mr. le Lieutenant Bluzet de l'Infanterie de Marine d'apres la carte Caron et Lefort, les travaux des officiers de la flottille, les itineraires et renseignements des officiers de la region. Publiee par la Societe de Geographie de Paris en Aout 1895. . .](https://storage.googleapis.com/raremaps/img/small/65023.jpg)
![Aden Arabiae Foelicis Emporium Celeberrimi Nominis, quo ex India, Aethiopia ... [on sheet with] Mombaza [and] Quiloa [and] Cefala](https://storage.googleapis.com/raremaps/img/small/54473mp2.jpg)
