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The Island of Mozambique: Portugal's Indian Ocean Linchpin
While Goa and Macau often steal the spotlight, the tiny coral island of Mozambique was the strategic heart of Portugal's eastern empire for over four centuries. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how this speck of land on the East African coast became the indispensable halfway house on the Carreira da Índia — the annual voyage between Lisbon and India. They trace the island's rise from a Swahili trading post to the fortress capital of the Estado da Índia, where ships stopped to resupply, repair, and wait out the monsoon. Lucas brings to life the daily rhythms of the island: the…
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