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Also, reflections on ancient and modern popery, and the causes of its present alarming progress in this kingdom. To which are added, several striking facts relating to the Portuguese Jesuits, and the conduct of the court of Rome ... In a series of letters to a friend.
(18th century; English translation)
Collection of stories about shipwrecks that occurred in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
(1735; transcription)
Book about the life of D. Pedro I, King of Portugal from 1357 until 1367.
(1735; Portuguese facsimile)
Book about the life of D. Sebastião, King of Portugal from 1557 until 1568.
(1735; Portuguese facsimile)
Political testament in which D. Luís tells his heir the political situation of the kingdom.
(1749; transcription and commentaries)
By Voltaire. In 1755, a 9 point earthquake coupled with fired and tsunamis led to almost total destruction of Lisbon and the death of 10,000-100,000 people in Lisbon alone.
(1756; French transcription)
Treaty of peace between England, Spain, and Portugal.
(10 February 1763; English transcription)
Royal act granting to the Portuguese Inquisition the status of Royal Tribunal, granting it independence and administrative autonomy.
(20 May 1769; transcription)
Document about the reforms made in the Coimbra University.
(1773; Portuguese transcription)
(1807; transcriptions)
Early 19th century discussions on Napolean
Münchener DigitalisierungsZentrum
(1808; Portuguese facsimile with German interface)
The beast of seven heads, and ten horns, or Napoleon, emperor of the French: literal exposition of chapter XIII. of Apocalypse
Münchener DigitalisierungsZentrum
(1809; Portuguese facsimile with German interface)
Even after Napoleon had overthrown the armies of Spain and Portugal, these countries refused to yield to his authority. Wellington with British troops came to their aid. He crossed the Douro River, captured Oporto, and pursued the French forces on their retreat over the mountains into Spain.
From the Internet History Sourcebook
(1809; English)
Discourse on the ruin of Portugal drawn by the French
In cooperation with Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
(1809; Portuguese facsimile)
Preliminary report of the battles reached by Archduke Charles commanding and Austrian army, and defeat of the Francez army on the banks of the Danube, commanded by Bonaparte on May 21 and 22
According to the Official Bulletin published by order of St. A. Imperial the Archduke
In cooperation with Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
(1809; Portuguese facsimile)
Map of Spain and Portugal in 1810.
(1810; zoomable map)
Constitution of 1822.
(1822; transcription)
By Moyle Sherer, officer with the Border Regiment during the capture of Arroyo Drums
(1827; English facsimile)
Royal act on the abolition of slavery.
(1836; transcription)
Talk given by José Estêvão about new laws that were approved and the independence of the Portuguese Parliament.
(8 January 1852; transcription)
Document about the introduction of republican values to the Portuguese Society.
(1856; transcription)
Royal act reaffirming the abolition of slaves in Portugal.
(27 February 1869; facsimile)
The First Voyage Round the World/Pigafetta's Account of Magellan's Voyage
English version HERE
(1874; Italian transcription)
Book containing information about the lives of Jews who lived in Portugal and Spain in the 18th and 19th centuries.
(1878; German facsimile)
Treaties of Chifuma, Treaty of Simulambuco, Treaty with Cabinda, General Act of the Berlin Conference
(1880s; English and Portuguese)
Agreement between European powers on the partition of West Africa.
(February 26, 1885; English)
Digitized newspaper "First of May".
(1 May 1891; Portuguese facsimile)
Political Documents from Portuguese History.
(18th - 20th centuries; Portuguese-language transcriptions)
Database of fundamental documents relating to Portuguese Legal History.
(16th - 20th centuries; facsimiles)
Database of the digitized newspaper "Gazeta de Lisboa".
(18th - 20th centuries; facsimiles)
Portuguese National Digital Library with many books, maps and documents.
(Facsimiles)
Digitized chronicles and related source documents in Portuguese history.
A product of the Biblioteca Nacional Digital.
(16th-20th centuries; facsimiles)
Includes maps and other geographic data on demography and political history in Portugal
Spearheaded by Prof. Luís Nuno Espinha da Silveira.
A project of the Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative (ECAI)
(Facsimiles and textual commentaries)
A set of historical maps from Dr. Ronnie Ellenblum's Historic Cities
(Facsimiles)

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