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GODINHO (Vitorino Magalhães). DOCUMENTOS sobre a Expansão Portuguesa. Lisboa. 1945. - GODINHO (Vitorino Magalhães) DOCUMENTOS sobre a Expansão Portuguesa . Lisboa: Editorial Gleba & Edições Cosmos, 1945. 3 v.; 190 mm. Documents on Portuguese Expansion is a collection of primary sources relating to Portuguese maritime expansion in the 15th century, organized, prefaced and annotated by Vitorino Magalhães Godinho at the beginning of his academic career. The work consists of three volumes: the first published in 1943, the second in 1945, both by Editorial Gleba in the ”Estudos Portugueses” Collection, and the third in 1956 by Edições Cosmos, including additions and corrections to the previous volumes and a comprehensive analytical index. This selection brings together official texts, letters, reports, opinions, and other documents that document the early stages of Henry the Navigator's expansion, covering the period up to approximately 1460. The preface itself constitutes a critical study of the sources, proposing that ”sources constitute in history what experiments constitute in science”—a formulation that synthesizes the author's methodological orientation, influenced by the Annales school of historiography and the tradition of António Sérgio and Jaime Cortesão. The notes are extensive and frequently propose new or divergent interpretations from those then dominant. The work is considered an indispensable tool for the study of Portuguese expansion in the 15th century and remained a canonical reference for decades, being widely cited by specialized historiography. The complete collection in three volumes, in its original edition, is now difficult to assemble. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate