Nyassa Company
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The Nyassa Company (Portuguese: Companhia do Nyassa) was a chartered company that operated in Mozambique, then known as Portuguese East Africa, between 1891 and 1929.[1] The company, granted a charter by the Portuguese government to establish economic development and maintain Portuguese control in Niassa Province and Cabo Delgado, was only officially incorporated in March 1893, and lost its purpose when its territory was transferred to the control of the Portuguese colonial government (the government had refused to grant an extension of the concession).[2] Although founded by Bernard Daupais, a merchant from Lisbon, the company was owned by British and French interests.
Although one of its main obligations was to create light houses along the Mozambican Coast, the Nyassa Company fell short of this goal.[1] It also issued its own stamps.[3]
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- ^ a b Silva Pais, Antonia da; translated from French by Michel Forand. Lighthouse Development in Mozambique, 1908-1931. Web Page of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved on 2007-03-14.
- ^ Neil-Tomlinson, Barry (1999). "The Nyassa Chartered Company: 1891-1929". The Journal of African History 18 (1). Retrieved on 2007-03-14.
- ^ Law, Gwillim. Provinces of Mozambique. Statoids. Retrieved on 2007-03-14.
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