Friends and sponsors
Throughout our work we have been receiving the support of friends, now making their homes or their family files available, or making efforts to find financing alternatives. Their effort and dedication have become crucial elements for the development and consolidation of this project. For their precious support we cannot fail to mention them:
António Homem Cardoso
Berta Bustorff
José Almino de Alencar
José Maria de Mascarenhas
Hipólito Pires
Hugo O’Neill
Lourenço de Almada
Marta de Senna
Manuel Corte-Real
Miguel Bragança
Miguel Cabral de Moncada
Pedro do Carmo Costa
Pedro Cassiano Neves
Teresa Mendia de Castro
Vitor Escudero
We cannot leave here to present our thanks to institutions that have supported us throughout our investigation in Portugal. Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal, Torre de Tombo, Arquivo Nacional Ultramarino. In Brasil : Biblioteca Nacional, CNPq (Conselho Navional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, CAPES ( Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior), and in Goa: the National Archives of Goa.