Bidspirit auction | COLECÇÃO Henriquina. Lisboa. 1958.

COLECÇÃO Henriquina. Lisboa. 1958. - COLECÇÃO Henriquina . Lisboa: Comissão Executiva das Comemorações do V Centenário da Morte do Infante D. Henrique, 1958. 12 v.; 185 mm. This collection, promoted by the Executive Committee for the Commemoration of the Fifth Centenary of the Death of Prince Henry the Navigator, was conceived as a scientific contribution to the Henry the Navigator celebrations. It comprises twelve volumes entrusted to some of the most renowned Portuguese historians and scholars of the period, and covers the main areas of research on the Prince and the fifteenth-century expansion. Titles that comprise it: 1) History of the Portuguese Discoveries , by Damião Peres, a general synthesis of the expansion; 2) Life and Work of Prince Henry the Navigator , by Vitorino Nemésio, a biographical study; 3) Discovery of the Atlantic , by Costa Brochado, on navigation and the discovery of islands; 4) The Nautical Science of the Portuguese in the Age of Discoveries , by Fontoura da Costa, dedicated to the art of navigation; 5) The Ships of Prince Henry the Navigator , by Quirino da Fonseca, on shipbuilding; 6) Priority of the Portuguese Discoveries , by Viscount of Santarém, a re-edition of a nineteenth-century text; 7) The Policy of Secrecy of the Discoveries , by Jaime Cortesão, on the official secrecy of navigation; 8) Ancient Portuguese Cartography , by Armando Cortesão, an overview of the cartography of the Discoveries; 9) Missionary Action in the Henrician Period , by Father António Brásio, on the religious dimension of the expansion; 10) Economic Overview of the Henrician Discoveries , by Amaro D. Guerreiro, on the economic aspect; 11) Prince Henry and the University , by A. Moreira de Sá, on the Prince's relationship with general studies; 12) Historiographers of the Discoveries , by Costa Brochado, dedicated to the chroniclers and historians of the expansion. A reference set for the historiography of the Discoveries and for the bibliography of Henry the Navigator, whose volumes are often scattered. Unusual. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate