Map of Somalia coast circa 1750

[Veteran]

 

[Maximus]

Very accurate.

Are there any European accounts after the Portuguese?

 

[Grant]

Notice Bandel, the site of the Portguese tower, fort and settlement 12 miles north of Mogadishu.

See H N Chittick, Medieval Mogadishu, for the details. Claims for the Ajuraan aside, the Portuguese considered the town a possession and collected tribute except for the six years Mogadishu supported Mir Ali Bey. Its online.

 

[Timo Jareer and proud]

200 years after Oromos made us their hoes

 

[fox]

I just love how the word "Somali" isn't on the map