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.