João Albasini
… João Albasini was born in Lisbon, Portugal on 1 June 1813. Beside … his father was a sea captain, little is known about young Albasini’s youth. In 1831, when João was 18, his father left … elephant hunter and traded ivory with interior peoples. Albasini was 20 when the exiled Zulu chief Shoshangane and …
