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DESCRIPTIVE List of the State Papers Portugal 1661-1780 in the Public Record Office London: Vol. I (1661-1723). Lisboa. 1979. - DESCRIPTIVE List of the State Papers Portugal 1661-1780 in the Public Record Office London . Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 1979. 3 v.; 330 mm. Organized by CR Boxer (1904-2000) and published by the Lisbon Academy of Sciences, this Descriptive List inventories and describes the series of British diplomatic correspondence relating to Portugal held in the Public Record Office in London, covering the period between 1661 – the year of the marriage of Catherine of Braganza to Charles II of England, which sealed the Anglo-Portuguese alliance of the Restoration – and 1780, the end of the reign of Joseph I. It brings together dispatches, letters, and reports from British ambassadors, envoys, and ministers in Lisbon, constituting a documentary source of primary importance for the study of diplomatic, commercial, and political relations between England (later Great Britain) and Portugal over more than a century. An indispensable reference tool for historians working with British archives on Portugal in the Modern Era. Highly regarded. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate