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A peste que veio do mar: zonas litorais, doenças e curas (séculos XVI/XXI)

In the mid-15th century, and with the increase in European sea travels, contacts between Europe and the rest of the world became regular. Ships became primarily responsible for intercontinental connections as well as for the circulation and transport of people and animals, raw materials and goods, knowledge and technology, diseases, pathogens, and healing practices. Long-distance travels shortened distances, br...

Shaping Landscapes: Thinking On the Interactions between People and Nature in I...

This article addresses broad and plural concepts of landscape, considering its diversity of meanings and uses, which go far beyond its environmental and geographical connotations. It discusses the relationship between humanity and the rest of the natural world as a global process that combines physical and cultural aspects, and it seeks to highlight the contribution of environmental humanities to the understand...

Living in Lourenço Marques in the early 20th century: urban planning, developme...

This chapter focuses on the complexity of the daily life of Lourenco Marques according to its multiracial and multicultural social composition, on what were the main constraints to the city’s development, the expectations of the population and on how colonial policy brought rational solutions. Putrefaction of garbage, bad smells, and pollution, gave a poor image of the city, kept away potential investors and je...

Endemic and epidemic diseases in Lourenço Marques in the early 20th Century: fo...

In the early 20th century, Lourenço Marques emerged as a promising metropolis in southern Africa being the relation with the Transvaal pointed as the main responsible for its development. Therein mingled people of all backgrounds and crafts making imperative to implement urban structures and public health policies to respond the needs arising from this population outbreak. In the 19th century, the difficulties ...

The Sofala Coast (Mozambique) in the 16th Century: between the African trade ro...

This article addresses the local and regional impact of the settlement of the Portuguese in Sofala, Mozambique, in the 16th century. Using the documental archive sources on the Sofala coast we highlight the specificity of the interaction between the Portuguese and the local communities, the importance of the “non-official” strategies used by the Portuguese in order to be accepted by the local chieftaincies, the...

Medicine on the edge: Luso-Asian encounters in the Island of Chiloane, Sofala

De Cabo Verde para Lisboa: Cartas e Remessas Científicas da Expedição de João d...

Revisão botânica das tabelas de plantas, em Fevereiro de 2015, por Maria Cristina Duarte; Transcrição dos documentos relativos à expedição naturalista de João da Silva Feijó a Cabo Verde (1783-96) existentes na Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal e no Arquivo Histórico do Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade de Lisboa; Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia: Instituto de Investigação Cien...

De Cabo Verde para Lisboa: Cartas e remessas científicas da expedição naturalis...

Transcrição dos documentos relativos à expedição naturalista de João da Silva Feijó a Cabo Verde (1783-96), existentes no Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino e respetivo enquadramento histórico; Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia; Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical

Documentação da missão antropológica de Moçambique relatório da 5ª campanha (1948)

New data on the Silostomella-event in the North Atlantic from IODP Expedition 339