Africa of to-day . d miles into the interior from the coast of theAngola territory on the west of Africa. Half a centurylater, in 1663, Godinho, another missionary, recom-mended the establishing of an overland route, withmission stations at regular intervals; and Jaine, anotherJesuit, stated that, according to reliable information hehad obtained, there was nothing to prevent travellers,on peaceful mission bent, from going from the northernZambesi Country, on the east coast, right across thecontinent to Angola. The Jesuits actually penetratedfrom the Toka (Batoka) Plateau, north of the ZambesiR
Africa of to-day . d miles into the interior from the coast of theAngola territory on the west of Africa. Half a centurylater, in 1663, Godinho, another missionary, recom-mended the establishing of an overland route, withmission stations at regular intervals; and Jaine, anotherJesuit, stated that, according to reliable information hehad obtained, there was nothing to prevent travellers,on peaceful mission bent, from going from the northernZambesi Country, on the east coast, right across thecontinent to Angola. The Jesuits actually penetratedfrom the Toka (Batoka) Plateau, north of the ZambesiRiver, into the present Rutsi Country above VictoriaFalls. From the mouth of the Zambesi to that of theKunene, in what is now German Southwest Africa, isquite half the distance across the continent in a straightline. In 1798 Francisco Jose de Lacerde e Almeida, whowas sent to explore the Mozambique Country, wherehe died of malarial fever, opened up some eight hundredsquare miles of new country between Mozambique and. Copyright, Underwood & Underwood, N. Y. Victoria Falls, Middle Zambesi River, Rhodesia The regatta course above the Falls, where aquatic sports are much in Javour among the English residents AFRICA AS THE DARK CONTINENT 25 the southeastern lakes of the Lualaba district (KongoFree State). Lacerda was accompanied by a RomanCatholic chaplain. So that, between 1500 and 1800, atleast one missionary was among those who crossed Africaand actually anticipated Livingstone in this hazardousenterprise. Without burdening the reader with further details(interesting though they are) of pioneer journeys intothe heart of Africa undertaken by representatives ofthe Roman Catholic Church during the sixteenth andseventeenth centuries, their work on the Sudan Nilebetween 1848 and 1863 deserves brief mention. In 1849Ignaz Knoblecher, at that time the head of an Austrianmission, undertook what was really an exploring tour inthe cause of Christian propaganda. During this journeyup the Nile
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