Articles on History

This section of the library provides a selection of articles. Names of authors are listed alphabetically in the Portuguese manner (e.g., da Silva appears under “S” for Silva)

Bernardino de Senna Fernandes “Riri” d’Assumpção

The Shroud – A ghost story recounted to generations of Macanese.

The Burial at Sea – A cautionary sea yarn

Toot-Toot – What stutterers had to suffer

The Sealed Skeletons – a murder mystery

The Floorwalker

The Corpse at Cacilhas Beach

The Funeral at St Paul’s

The Miraculous Cross

Henry d’Assumpção

Amaral and Mesquita A turbulent period in Macau when the governor was assassinated and Macau seriously threatened.

S. Paulo

Memories of World War II – A personal account of the war years

Tony Banham Hong Kong War Diary – Click to see a list of all HK Volunteer Defence Corps members, or a list of just the Portuguese volunteers

Filomeno (Meno) Baptista

The Royal Hong Kong Regiment (The Volunteers)

Goodbye to All That Memories of post-war Hong Kong

Marciano “Naneli” Baptista Album of drawings

Stuart Braga

The Governor from Hell

Surrender, or we’ll flatten Macau

By the Skin of its Teeth

Monte Fort

The Great Typhoon of 1874

An Unexampled Calamity The Hong Kong Plague of 1894

Guia – fortress, chapel and lighthouse

The Border Gate

The great days of Macau

Triumph and Tribulation

Delivered From The Jaws Of Death article on Penha Church in Macau

Oscar Collaço Autobiography

Frank Correa, Frank’s Story – Short autobiography, including experiences during World War II

J Bosco Correa

O Ataque e a Derrota dos Holandeses em Macau, 24 de Junho de 1622  The Dutch Attack and Rout at Macau, 24 June 1622

The Fighting Lorchas of Macau

Nuno Loureiro d’Eça, Adeus Macau

Penelope Forster, From Prison Camp to Priesthood Seaview Press – (Cópia mantida na Biblioteca do Clube Lusitano, Hong Kong)A biography of José “Zinho” Gosano; copy held in Library of Lusitano Club, Hong Kong

Daniel R. Gomes, A Macanese Entrepreneur – Memories of some members of the Gomes family

Luis Gonzaga “Luigi” Gosano, Autograph Book

Eddie Gosano, Memoirs of Dr Eddie Gosano – Extract from his autobiography “Hong Kong Farewell”

José “Zinho”Gosano,  The Life and Times of Father José “Zinho” Gosano Memoirs of José “Zinho” Gosano – a sportsman, soldier, prisoner-of-war and priest

Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps: List of Portuguese members

Maryknoll Convent School history

Muto Chozo: The Omura Manuscript – Interactions of the Portuguese with Japan, from the Japanese viewpoint

Anne Ozorio, From Macau through China to India and Burma: Hong Kong Portuguese in the Chindits

Jorge Remedios, Our Bairro — Reminiscences of childhood

Raquel de Carvalho Remedios, : Bela Vista Recollections of a Wartime Childhood

Cicero Rozario, Experiences at Shamshuipo and Sendai Camps – Memoirs of a prisoner-of-war in Kowloon and Japan

Frederic “Jim” da Silva

The Spy Who Never Came Back – The story of Pêro Covilhã, a spy sent by the King of Portugal to Africa

 The Macanese – A Legacy of Portugal: As nossas origens, a nossa língua, a nossa comida, as nossas características e modo de vidaOur origins, our language, our food, our characteristics and our way of life

Peter the Cruel The tragic love story of one of the ancestors of the Eça family of Macau

Portugal’s Flag How the flag of Portugal evolved

Some war-time reminiscences

Padre Manuel Teixeira autor desconhecido, acredita-se ser o Padre Manuel TeixeiraPadre Manuel Teixeira author unknown, believed to be Padre Manuel Teixeira

Seis sacos de terra portuguesa – Um conto de patriotismoSix Sacks of Portuguese Soil – A tale of patriotism

Police Charity Work – in Macau during World War II

Everything for Everyone – feeding a destitute army during World War II.

Joyce Van Langenberg

Hetty’s Story Experiences of Celeste “Hetty” Van Langenberg during World War II

Alex Experiences of Alexandre Jorge “Alex” Alves at the outbreak of World War II in the Pacific

The Long March Account of prisoners-of-war being incarcerated at Shamshuipo

Escape from Shamshuipo Camp Reggie Baptista‘s escape from POW camp

Jason Wordie

Covert War Mission – An article on Sir Roger Lobo‘s role in forestalling a Chinese takeover of Hong Kong.

The Past Master South China Morning Post, Hong Kong. – An article on the Hong Kong Legislative and Executive Councils, which mentions some prominent Macanese.

 

Family Affairs Then and Now – Article on Jorge Forjaz‘s Famílias MacaensesFamílias Macaenses

Roy Eric Xavier: The Happy Valley Race Course Fire of 1918 – The disastrous fire which killed at least 9 Macanese.

Yvanovich, Philippe My Wartime Experience 2009 — An edited version of a privately produced and distributed booklet

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