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PRIMEIRO Congresso da Historia da Expansão Portuguesa no Mundo: Descobrimentos. Lisboa. 1938. - PRIMEIRO Congresso da Historia da Expansão Portuguesa no Mundo: Descobrimentos . Lisboa: Ministério das Colónias, 1938. 2 v.: il.; 245 mm. Proceedings of the section dedicated to the Discoveries of the First Congress on the History of Portuguese Expansion in the World, held in Lisbon in 1937. The first volume is occupied, for more than two-thirds of its length, by António Barbosa's study, ”New Contributions to the History of Portuguese Nautical Science during the Age of Discoveries, ” followed by the study by the Viscount of Lagoa on ”The Influence of Contemporary Cartography on the Discovery of the Strait of Magellan.” The second volume brings together shorter communications from other researchers, including three by A. Fontoura da Costa (on the African maritime discoveries with Prince Henry the Navigator, King Afonso V, and King John II, on the ”Munich Regiment, ” and on the date of the discovery of Brazil), as well as texts by Joaquim Bensaude, Ivo Dane, GQR Taylor, Carlos Coimbra, Rosa Capeans, Francisco Fernandes Lopes, and Álvaro Júlio da Costa Pimpão, the latter dedicated to official historiography and the secrecy surrounding the discoveries. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate