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LIVRO do Centenário de Mouzinho de Albuquerque 1855-1955. Lisboa. 1955. - LIVRO do Centenário de Mouzinho de Albuquerque 1855-1955 . Lisboa: Comissão Nacional para as Comemorações do Centenário de Mouzinho de Albuquerque, 1955. 326 pp.: il.; 315 mm. A commemorative work marking the centenary of the birth of Mouzinho de Albuquerque (Batalha, 1855; Lisbon, 1902), a cavalry officer who became famous for capturing Gungunhana in Chaimite (1895) and for serving as Governor-General of Mozambique, becoming one of the leading figures of Portuguese colonialism and an icon of late nineteenth-century nationalism. Organized by General Luís António Carvalho Viegas, this volume brings together contributions from various authors – military personnel, historians, and figures from Portuguese cultural life – and constitutes the most complete iconographic repository on Mouzinho: photographs of the subject, reproductions of oil portraits by José Malhoa and Eduardo Malta, military uniforms, a photogravure of Gungunhana during his exile in Portugal, and documentation of the centenary commemorations of 1955. Profusely illustrated separately. Uncommon. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate