domingo, 17 de julho de 2022

An Epitome of Universal Geography: 1830

Em baixo um dos 60 mapas incluídos na obre de Nathan Hale, intitulada An Epitome of Universal Geography, e publicada em Boston (EUA) no ano de 1830. No caso, um mapa da China e do Japão onde assinalei a localização de Macau. O território surge também no "Mapa da Ásia".

Título da obra: "An Epitome of Universal Geography: Or a Description of the Various Countries of the Globe With a View of Their Political Condition at the Present Time. With Sixty Maps"

Excertos:
Portuguese Hindostan 
The Portuguese government posSkesses in India the city and territory of Goa Daman and Diu These possessions with the colonies of Timor and Macao form a general government which is administered by a viceroy who resides at Goa and maintains a considerable military establishment The revenue which falls short of the expenses of administration amounts to 360,000. (...)
Foreign Possessions 
Portugal since the independence of Brazil has no colonies in America Her most valuable foreign possessions are the Azore Madeira and Cape Verd Islands in Africa She has also some trading ports on the continent of Africa at Mozambique and at Angola and in Asia the government of Goa the town of Macao and part of the island of Timor These foreign possessions have together about 550,000 inhabitants. 

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