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MASCARENHAS (D. Jeronimo de). HISTÓRIA de la Ciudad de Ceuta, sus Sucessos Militares, y Politicos. Lisboa. 1918. - MASCARENHAS (D. Jeronimo de) HISTÓRIA de la Ciudad de Ceuta, sus Sucessos Militares, y Politicos . Memorias de sus Santos y Prelados, y Elogios de sus Capitanes Generales escrita em 1648 por D. Jerónimo de Mascarenhas. Publicado por Ordem da Academia das Sciências de Lisboa e sob a Direcção de Afonso de Dornelas. Lisboa: Academia das Sciências de Lisboa, 1918. XIV, 308 pp.; 330 mm. First edition of a chronicle written in 1648 by D. Jerónimo de Mascarenhas, published two and a half centuries later by order of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences, under the direction of Afonso de Dornelas. The work traces the military and political history of the city of Ceuta since its Portuguese conquest in 1415, also gathering memories of its saints and prelates and eulogies of its captains-general. Written in Castilian Spanish a few years after the Restoration of 1640, at a time when Ceuta, unlike the other Portuguese overseas territories and dominions, had chosen to remain loyal to the Spanish Crown, the chronicle also reflects this loyalty of the author, who was favorable to the Philippine cause. A primary source of reference for the history of Ceuta under Portuguese rule and for the unique episode of its separation from Portugal in the context of the Restoration. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate