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Macanese people
The Portuguese – An Outline History of their Origin and their Voyages of Discovery by António Pacheco Jorge da Silva. Published by the author, San Rafael, CA, USA October 1996
Filhos da Terra – A comunidade Macaense, Ontem e Hoje by Alexandra Sofia Rangel (Sons of the land, the Macanese community, yesterdaly and today). IIM Macau
In search of a better world: a social history of the Macaenses in China by Bernard Koo, MA Honours Thesis, University of Western Sydney, 2000
The Portuguese Community in Hong Kong – A Pictorial History by António Pacheco Jorge da Silva. An illustrated history, volume 1: 2007, volume 2: 2010 Conselho das Comunidades Macaenses and Instituto Internacional de Macau, 2007 – A collection of photographs with historical notes. These important books do much to record and celebrate the people who over several generations came from Macau to make a new life in the nearby British colony.
Galeria de Macaenses Ilustres do Século XIX by Teixeira, Padre Manuel, Imprensa Nacional Macau, 1942. – Gallery of Illustrious Macanese of the 19th Century. In Portuguese
Macau
Album Macau – People, Places and Experiences by Cecília Jorge and Beltrão Coelho, ISBN 972 9418 02 0, Livros do Oriente Macau, 1990 – A collection of historical photographs. In Portuguese and English
Album Macau 1844-1974 by Cecília Jorge and Beltrão Coelho, Fundacão Oriente, 1990 – A collection of historical photographs. Published in Portuguese and English versions
Album Macau – Memória da Cidade (Glimpses of the Past) by Cecília Jorge and Beltrão Coelho, Direcção dos Serviços de Turismo, Livros do Oriente, Macau – A collection of historical photographs. Published in Portuguese and English
The Border Gate – by Stuart Braga – The history of the gate between Macau and China
By the Skin of its Teeth by Stuart Braga – British attempt to take over Macau in 1809
Cadastro das Vias e Outros Lugares Públicos de Cidade de Macau 1925 by Augusto de Souza Barbeiro – Streets and other public places in Macau. In Portuguese (Copy held in Library of Lusitano Club, Hong Kong)
Delivered From The Jaws Of Death by Stuart Braga – article on Penha Church in Macau
Escravatura, concubinagem e casamento em Macau: séculos XVI-XVIII by Leonor Diaz de Seabra and Maria de Deus Beites Manso (Slavery, concubinage and marriage in Macau: 16th-18th centuries. In Portuguese)
Experience, Memory and the Construction of the Past: Remembering Macau 1941-1945 by Melania Dawn Cannon, Master of Arts Thesis, Department of History, University of British Columbia, Aug 2001
Fidalgos in the Far East, 1550-1770. Fact and Fancy in the History of Macao by CR Boxer, Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, Netherlands, 1948
Four Centuries of Portuguese Expansion, 1415-1825 by CR Boxer
The Governor from Hell – by Stuart Braga – Account of D. Sebastião Lobo da Silveira, a tyrannical governor of Macau
Macau Grand Prix – an interview of Nana Barros by Suzanne Watkinsonabout her father Eddie Carvalho
The Great Typhoon of 1874 by Stuart Braga – The typhoon that devastated Macau
Historic Macao by CA Montalto de Jesus, Hong Kong, Kelly & Walsh, 1902; 2nd edn, Salesian Press, Macao, 1926, repr. Oxford University Press, Hong Kong, 1984. – This book is now available on-line as a Google book; click to see it. A warmly sympathetic view of Macau. It still reads well after so many years.
Lesser Known Historical Stories of Macau by Leonor Sá Machado, Macau Style, 7 July 2020
Macao and the British by Austin Coates, Oxford University Press, 1988, reprinted, Hong Kong University Press, 2009. This book began as a set of lectures at the Instituto Português in Hong Kong in 1952-53. Austin Coates, who knew Macau very well, deals with British policy in China and their influence in Macau from 1637 to 1842.
Macao the Holy City, The Gem of the Orient Earth, by J. Dyer Ball, China Baptist Publication Service, 1905. -A brief, well-written account of Macau at the beginning of the twentieth century.
A Macao Narrative by Austin Coates, Heinemann Educational Books (Asia) Ltd. Hong Kong, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur 1978, reprinted, Hong Kong University Press, 2009. A short and very readable history. Coates retraces the discovery of the sea route to the Far East and the subsequent foundation of Macao as a Portuguese enclave in 1557. The last chapter, Macao’s finest hour, tells the story of Macao’s role in World War II as a haven of refuge for many thousands. (Copy held in Library of Lusitano Club, Hong Kong)
Macao: People and Places, Past and Present by Jason Wordie, Angsana Ltd, Hong Kong 2013
Macau by Cesar Guillen-Nunez, Oxford University Press, Hong Kong, 1984. – A brief and well-illustrated introduction to the history of Macau in fewer than 70 pages.
Macau e os jesuítas na China (séculos XVI e XVII) by Leonor Diaz de Seabra(Macau and the Jesuits in China: 16th and 17th centuries. In Portuguese)
Memoria sobre Macao by José de Aquino Guimarães e Freitas, Coimbra, na Real Imprensa da Universidade, 1828. – Memoirs of an Artillery officer stationed in Macau between 1815 and 1822. In Portuguese.
Monte Fort by Stuart Braga – The old fort in Macau
Portas do Cerco The Border Gate – by Stuart Braga – The history of the gate between Macau and China
Portuguese Conquest and Commerce, 1500-1750 by CR Boxer
The Portuguese seaborne empire, 1415-1825 by CR Boxer
Portuguese Society in the Tropics by CR Boxer
S. Paulo by HA d’Assumpção. An article on Macau’s famous landmark.
Seventeenth Century Macao in Contemporary Documents and Illustrations, by CR Boxer, Heinemann (Asia) Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore 1984 (Copy held in Library of Lusitano Club, Hong Kong)
Surrender, or we’ll flatten Macau – by Stuart Braga – British attempt to take over Macau in 1802
Templo Chinês da Barra Má-Kok-Miu, by Padre Manuel Teixeira (The Barra Chinese Temple)
Todos os portos as que cheguei by Vasco Rocha Vieira, Dec 2010 Pedro Vieira/Grapa Publicações, S.A. – An important book by the last Portuguese Governor of Macau. There are several chapters on Macau.
Toponímia de Macau Vol I & II by Padre Manuel Teixeira. Imprensa Nacional Macau, 1979. (History of place-names in Macau. In Portuguese)
