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VILLAS (Gaspar do Couto Ribeiro). HISTORIA Colonial. Vila Nova de Famalicão. 1937. - VILLAS (Gaspar do Couto Ribeiro) HISTORIA Colonial . Vila Nova de Famalicão: Grandes Atelieres Graficos «Minerva» de Gaspar Pinto de Sousa & Irmão, 1937. 2 v.; 235 mm. A historical synthesis of the Portuguese colonial expansion movement, authored by a colonel of the General Staff and professor at the Higher Colonial School, published in two volumes by the Minerva printing workshops of Vila Nova de Famalicão. The work traces the history of the expansion from its origins to the first half of the 20th century, a period in which the colonial regime was still in force on several continents, reflecting the perspective and colonial historiography then dominant in the Estado Novo (New State). ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate