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BARCELOS (Cristiano José de Sena). SUBSÍDIOS para a História de Cabo Verde e Guiné. Lisboa & Coimbra. 1899-1913. - BARCELOS (Cristiano José de Sena) SUBSÍDIOS para a História de Cabo Verde e Guiné . Lisboa & Coimbra: Academia Real das Ciências, Imprensa Nacional & Imprensa da Universidade, 1899-1913. 7 v.; 320 mm. Cristiano José de Sena Barcelos, a Lieutenant Commander in the Portuguese Navy and a native of Brava Island in Cape Verde, had already demonstrated his rigor as a researcher with the ” Roteiro do Arquipélago de Cabo Verde” (Guide to the Cape Verde Archipelago ), published in 1892. In January 1899, he was commissioned to carry out geographical and hydrographical studies of the archipelago, a task that would culminate in this more comprehensive work. Submitted successively as memoirs to the Royal Academy of Sciences of Lisbon, the Contributions to the History of Cape Verde and Guinea were published in six parts over more than a decade, between 1899 and 1913, to which a seventh part is added, containing indexes of the subjects and names relating to the six previous parts. According to specialized historiography, they constitute the first major synthesis ever produced on the entirety of the history of the Cape Verde archipelago, placing themselves within a tradition of historical-geographical writing about the region that, until then, had focused mainly on the rivers of Guinea, in works such as André Álvares de Almada's Brief Treatise on the Rivers of Guinea and Cape Verde . Despite its age, it remains an indispensable reference work for researchers of the history of Cape Verde and Guinea. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate