Ultimatum
January, 1890 — Britain threatens Portugal with an Ultimatum: Abandon south-east Africa or face a naval bombardment of Lisbon.
Three centuries earlier, the poet Luís de Camões described the region at issue —
Behold the lake which is the Nile’s source.
And the green Zambezi, too, begins its course.
Further upstream, the river becomes serpentine, twisting itself into a vast swamp, known to Europeans a...
January, 1890 — Britain threatens Portugal with an Ultimatum: Abandon south-east Africa or face a naval bombardment of Lisbon.
Three centuries earlier, the poet Luís de Camões described the region at issue —
Behold the lake which is the Nile’s source.
And the green Zambezi, too, begins its course.
Further upstream, the river becomes serpentine, twisting itself into a vast swamp, known to Europeans a...
