Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino

The Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino (est. 1931) of

Alcântara. The Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical [pt] of the governmental Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education administers the archives. Prior to 1973, the Overseas Ministry oversaw it.^[1]

Among its holdings are records created in 15th-20th century related to colonial Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea, India, Macau, Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe, Timor, Uruguay, and other locales.^[2] As of 1970 the materials were grouped as pre-1833 (mostly from the Arquivo do Conselho Ultramarino) and post-1833 (from the Arquivo do Ministerio das Colonias).^[3]

Directors have included Alberto Iria (circa 1970).^[3]

References

^ "Quem Somos: História" [About Us: History]. Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino (in Portuguese). Lisbon: Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical. Archived from the original on 24 August 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
^ "AHU: Conselho Ultramarino". Archivo Científica Tropical Digital Repository (in Portuguese). Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
^ ^a ^b Pescatello 1970.

Bibliography

issued by the Archives

Legislacao Colonial
Anuario Colonial
Arquivo das Colonias
Coleccao dos Classicos da expansao Portuguesa no mundo

abou the Archives

Alberto Iria (1950). "A Organizacao dos Servicos do Archivo Historico". Boletim do Archivo Historico Colonial (in Portuguese). 1.
Ann Pescatello (1970). "Relatorio from Portugal: The Archives and Libraries of Portugal and Their Significance for the Study of Brazilian History". JSTOR 2502224
.

Jose C. Curto (1988). "Angolan Manuscript Collection of the Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino; Lisbon: Toward a Working Guide". History in Africa. 15.
JSTOR 3171858
.

Roderich Ptak (1999). "Chinese Documents in Portuguese Archives: Jottings on Three Texts Found in the Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino, Lisbon". JSTOR 43379288
.

Paul Bjerk (2004). "African Files in Portuguese Archives". JSTOR 4128541
. (Account of research in the AHU)

"Carta aberta: o Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino, a democracia e o conhecimento", Publico.pt
(in Portuguese), 21 March 2014 (Letter from academics against integration of the Arquivo at the University of Lisbon)

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino.

Official site

OCLC WorldCat. Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino (Portugal)

"Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino (Lisboa, Portugal)". Censo-Guía de Archivos (in Spanish). Spain:
Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte
.

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Examples of items in the AHU:

Map of Fortaleza, Brazil, 1726

Map of Recife, Brazil, 1733

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North Africa

15th century

1415–1640 Ceuta
1458–1550 Alcácer Ceguer (El Qsar es Seghir)
1471–1550 Arzila (Asilah)
1471–1662 Tangier
1485–1550 Mazagan (El Jadida)
1487–16th century Ouadane
1488–1541 Safim (Safi)
1489 Graciosa

16th century

1505–1541 Santa Cruz do Cabo de Gué (Agadir)
1506–1525 Mogador (Essaouira)
1506–1525 Aguz (Souira Guedima)
1506–1769 Mazagan (El Jadida)
1513–1541 Azamor (Azemmour)
1515–1541 São João da Mamora (Mehdya)
1577–1589 Arzila (Asilah)

Sub-Saharan Africa

15th century

1455–1633 Arguim
1462–1975 Cape Verde
1470–1975 São Tomé¹
1471–1975 Príncipe¹
1474–1778 Annobón
1478–1778 Fernando Poo (Bioko)
1482–1637 Elmina (São Jorge da Mina)
1482–1642 Portuguese Gold Coast
1498–1540 Mascarene Islands

16th century

1500–1630 Malindi
1501–1975 Portuguese Mozambique
1502–1659 Saint Helena
1503–1698 Zanzibar
1505–1512 Quíloa (Kilwa)
1506–1511 Socotra
1508–1547² Madagascar³
1557–1578 Accra
1575–1975 Portuguese Angola
1588–1974 Cacheu⁴
1593–1698 Mombassa (Mombasa)

17th century

1645–1888 Ziguinchor
1680–1961 São João Baptista de Ajudá, Benin
1687–1974 Bissau⁴

18th century

1728–1729 Mombassa (Mombasa)
1753–1975 Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe

19th century

1879–1974 Portuguese Guinea
1885–1974 Portuguese Congo⁵

¹ Part of São Tomé and Príncipe from 1753.
² Or 1600.
³ A factory (Anosy Region) and small temporary coastal bases.
⁴ Part of Portuguese Guinea from 1879.
⁵ Part of Portuguese Angola from the 1920s.
Middle East [Persian Gulf]

16th century

1506–1615 Gamru (Bandar Abbas)
1507–1643 Sohar
1515–1622 Hormuz (Ormus)
1515–1648 Quriyat
1515–? Qalhat
1515–1650 Muscat
1515?–? Barka
1515–1633? Julfar (Ras al-Khaimah)
1521–1602 Bahrain (Muharraq • Manama)
1521–1529? Qatif
1521?–1551? Tarut Island
1550–1551 Qatif
1588–1648 Matrah

17th century

1620–? Khor Fakkan
1621?–? As Sib
1621–1622 Qeshm
1623–? Khasab
1623–? Libedia
1624–? Kalba
1624–? Madha
1624–1648 Dibba Al-Hisn
1624?–? Bandar-e Kong

South Asia

15th century

1498–1545
Laccadive Islands
(Lakshadweep)

16th century
Portuguese India

• 1500–1663 Cochim (Kochi)
• 1501–1663 Cannanore (Kannur)

• 1502–1658
1659–1661

Quilon
(Coulão / Kollam)
• 1502–1661 Pallipuram (Cochin de Cima)
• 1507–1657 Negapatam (Nagapatnam)
• 1510–1961 Goa

• 1512–1525
1750

Calicut
(Kozhikode)
• 1518–1619 Portuguese Paliacate outpost (Pulicat)
• 1521–1740 Chaul

(Portuguese India)
• 1523–1662 Mylapore
• 1528–1666
Chittagong
(Porto Grande De Bengala)
• 1531–1571 Chaul
• 1531–1571 Chalé
• 1534–1601 Salsette Island
• 1534–1661 Bombay (Mumbai)
• 1535 Ponnani
• 1535–1739 Baçaím (Vasai-Virar)
• 1536–1662 Cranganore (Kodungallur)
• 1540–1612 Surat
• 1548–1658 Tuticorin (Thoothukudi)
• 1559–1961 Daman and Diu
• 1568–1659 Mangalore

(Portuguese India)
• 1579–1632 Hugli
• 1598–1610 Masulipatnam (Machilipatnam)

1518–1521 Maldives
1518–1658 Portuguese Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
1558–1573 Maldives

17th century
Portuguese India

• 1687–1749 Mylapore

18th century
Portuguese India

• 1779–1954 Dadra and Nagar Haveli

East Asia and Oceania

16th century

1511–1641 Portuguese Malacca [Malaysia]
1512–1621 Maluku [Indonesia]
• 1522–1575 Ternate
• 1576–1605 Ambon
• 1578–1650 Tidore
1512–1665 Makassar [Indonesia]
1515–1859 Larantuka [Indonesia]
1557–1999 Macau [China]
1580–1586 Nagasaki [Japan]

17th century

1642–1975 Portuguese Timor (East Timor)¹

19th century
Portuguese Macau

• 1864–1999 Coloane
• 1851–1999 Taipa
• 1890–1999 Ilha Verde

20th century
Portuguese Macau

• 1938–1941 Lapa and Montanha (Hengqin)

¹ 1975 is the year of East Timor's Declaration of Independence and subsequent invasion by Indonesia. In 2002, East Timor's independence was fully recognized.
North America & North Atlantic

15th century [Atlantic islands]

1420 Madeira
1432 Azores

16th century [Canada]

1500–1579? Terra Nova (Newfoundland)
1500–1579? Labrador
1516–1579? Nova Scotia

South America & Caribbean

16th century

1500–1822
Captaincy Colonies of Brazil
• 1549–1572 Brazil
• 1572–1578 Bahia
• 1572–1578 Rio de Janeiro
• 1578–1607 Brazil
• 1621–1815 Brazil
1536–1620 Barbados

17th century

1621–1751 Maranhão
1680–1777 Nova Colónia do Sacramento

18th century

1751–1772 Grão-Pará and Maranhão
1772–1775 Grão-Pará and Rio Negro
1772–1775 Maranhão and Piauí

19th century

1808–1822 Cisplatina (Uruguay)
1809–1817 Portuguese Guiana (Amapá)
1822 Upper Peru (Bolivia)

Armorial of Portuguese colonies

Evolution of the Portuguese Empire

Portuguese colonial architecture

Portuguese colonization of the Americas

Portuguese Empire in the Indonesian Archipelago

Portuguese India

Theory of the Portuguese discovery of Australia

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[1] "Quem Somos: História" [About Us: History]. Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino (in Portuguese). Lisbon: Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical. Archived from the original on 24 August 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017.

[2] "AHU: Conselho Ultramarino". Archivo Científica Tropical Digital Repository (in Portuguese). Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical. Retrieved 24 August 2017.

[FOOTNOTEPescatello1970-3] Pescatello 1970.

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