File:Old Portuguese map of SA 529.JPG

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English: A Portuguese map from what I think is the late 1500s/early 1600s of the Southern Coast of Africa and South Africa in particular. Picture is uncropped and of the whole map.
Map of the Kingdom of Monomotapa in the 1600s where Christian missionaries encountered cross-dressing men known as chibadi. According to: Stewart, C. (2014, January 30). 21 varieties of traditional African homosexuality. Retrieved January 19, 2016, from http://76crimes.com/2014/01/30/21-varieties-of-traditional-african-homosexuality/ .
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Other versions https://www.raremaps.com/gallery/detail/23838/the-empire-of-monomotapa-and-s-coast-of-cafres-morden

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