November 28, 1942 #OTD World War II: The British troopship RMS Nova Scotia (Pictured) was torpedoed and sunk in the Indian Ocean by German submarine U-177 with the loss of 858 out of 1,052 people aboard. In order to identify which ship it had just sunk, U-177 recovered two survivors. They were... read more

#history

Erik Thackrey

25d

ISTJ

Cancer

On This Day in History - November 25, 1917

November 25, 1917 #OTD World War I: Battle of Ngomano German forces defeated a Portuguese colonial force of about 1,200 soldiers at Ngomano in Portuguese Mozambique (now Mozambique and Tanzania). The German casualties were light, with only three Askaris and one European killed. The Portuguese, on... read more

#museums

Katlyne

4mo

ISFJ

Virgo

Paraiba Tourmaline aka Cuprian Elbaite

I have a wonderful opportunity to share with you all arguably one of the rarest gemstones in the world! Paraiba Tourmaline is unusual because it contains copper and manganese instead of the typical iron vanadium impurities! Paraiba Tourmaline can be blue, green, purple or pink. Worth up to... read more

#paisagem

Humberto

5mo

ESTP

Scorpio

morning

island of Mozambique

#vacation

Declan Eloff

5mo

INTP

Aries

Vacation in Mozambique is amazing.

#flower

Edo

8mo

ESFJ

Pisces

Impatiens

Impatiens walleriana also known as busy Lizzie (British Isles), balsam, sultana, or simply impatiens, is a species of the genus Impatiens, native to eastern Africa from Kenya to Mozambique. The Latin specific epithet walleriana honours a British missionary, Horace Waller (1833–1896). Numerous... read more