In the article, Swahili Cities of East Africa, the Portugese trader
Duarte Barbosa most likely reacted to what he saw in East African
ports in which of the following ways?

A) He felt the traders were uneducated
B) He noticed the majority of the people were poor
C) He was surprised by the overcrowded and filthy cities
D) Their immense wealth and riches surpised him

Hi!!

The correct answer is:
D) Their immense wealth and riches surpised him


Read the following:
" 'It is a fair place, with lofty stone and mortar houses, well
aligned in streets after the fashion of Kilwa. The wood is well-fitted
with excellent joiner's work. It has its own king, himself a Moor. The
men are in colour either tawny, black, or white and also their women
go very bravely attired with many fine garments of silk and gold in
abundance. This is a place of great traffic, has good harbour, in
which are always moored crafts of many kinds and also great ships.'
Portuguese trader, Duarte Barbosa, writing in 1517-1518"
From "The Story of Africa| BBC World Service - Portuguese Intervention
In The East":
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/10chapter5.shtml


Read also:
"Primary Source Activity: Swahili Cities of East Africa": (cached page)
http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:aWNuYTssG8MJ:www.stfrancisprep.org/departments/socialstudies/worksheets/ch12wkps.pdf+%22Swahili+Cities%22+%22duarte+barbosa%22&hl=es


Search strategy:
"duarte barbosa" "east africa"


I hope that this helps you.


Best regards.
livioflores-ga

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Clarification of Answer by livioflores-ga on 03 Jan 2005 22:12 PST

One more source:
From "History of Mombasa":
"There is another very interesting description of parts of the East
African Coast. This was written at the beginning of the sixteenth
century by Duarte Barbosa:
'There is a beautiful city of the Moors (Swahili), called Bombaze
(Mombasa), very large and beautiful, and built on high and hand ome
houses of stone and whitewash and with very good streets, in the
manner of those in Quiboa. And it also has a king over it. The people
are of dusky white and brown complexion, and likewise, the women, who
are much adorned with silk and gold stuffs. It is a town of great
trade in goods, and has a good port, where there are many ships, both
of those who come from Cambray and Melinde, and others which sail to
the islands of Zanzibar, Manfia and Pemba. This Mombasa is a country
well supplied with plenty of provisions, very fine sheep, which have
round tails and many cows, chickens and very large goats, much rice
and millet, and plenty of oranges, sweet and bitter, and lemons
cedrats, pomegranates, Indian figs and all sorts of vegetables, and
very good water. The inhabitants are at war with people of the
continent and at other times at peace, and trade with them and receive
much honey and wax, and ivory'."
http://www.geocities.com/srvarsani/History.html


Regards.
livioflores-ga