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RICARD (Robert). UN DOCUMENT Portugais sur la Place de Mazagan au Début du XVIIe Siècle. Paris. 1932. - RICARD (Robert) UN DOCUMENT Portugais sur la Place de Mazagan au Début du XVIIe Siècle . Traduction française avec introduction et commentaires. Paris: Paul Geuthner, 1932. [8], 84 pp.; 250 mm. French translation, with introduction and commentary by Robert Ricard, of a Portuguese account of the state of the Mazagão fortress at the beginning of the 17th century, attributed to Jorge Mascarenhas, Marquis of Montalvão, then governor of the fortress. Mazagão (present-day El Jadida), a fortress built by the Portuguese starting in 1514, was the only Portuguese possession in Morocco that resisted uninterruptedly until 1769, when the Portuguese garrison and population evacuated the stronghold and settled in Brazil, founding Nova Mazagão in the Amazon. The document translated and commented on here describes the constant threats the stronghold faced from neighboring tribes and incursions led by marabouts, then considered the most fearsome, giving an account of the military and social state of the garrison at the beginning of the 17th century. A scholarly study, corresponding to the author's supplementary doctoral thesis at the Sorbonne, of great interest to the history of the Portuguese presence in North Africa. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate