1884 Loureiro Map of Hong Kong, Macau, and Guangdon (Canton) Province

Adolfo Ferreira Loureiro (December 12, 1836 - November 22, 1911) was a Portuguese soldier, engineer, writer, poet, and politician. Loureiro was born in São Bartolomeu, Coimbra, Portugal. He studied mathematics and civil engineering at the University of Coimbra and entered the military in 1858. In 1883, he traveled to British India, Ceylon, Singapore, China, and Macau. In Macao, he accepted a commission as Captain of Engineering and Major of the General Staff, working on desilting the port of Macao. At the same time, he became involved in politics and was elected in 1890 as 'Deputado' to the 1.° Círculo Eleitoral de Macau. A prolific writer, he penned more than 24 works, but is best known for his travel narrative, De Nápoles à China (diário de viagem) (Lisboa: Imprensa Nacional, 1896). Loureiro returned to Portugal where he had a distinguished engineering and academic career. He even curated and built an extensive historical collection of arms and armaments, which were donated to a museum. He was vice-president of the Lisbon Geographic Society, and was also president of the Geodesy section. He was president of the Almeida Garrett Literary Society. Member of the Academia de Ciencias de Portugal. More by this mapmaker...

António José Saldanha Assumpção (1850 - 1900) was a Portuguese lithographer active the late 19th century. His birth and death dates are those given by the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal, but we can find little confirmation or other information about this printer. He published several well-made chromolithograph maps of Portuguese colonies in Africa and Asia. Learn More...

Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra (1537 - Present) is a Portuguese academic publisher associated with the University of Coimbra. Founded in 1537, just seven years after the introduction of the printing press into Portugal, it is one of the longest continuously running publishing concerns in the world. Printers where granted academic status as 'professors' and the Imprensa was required to provide two copies of all books printed to the University Library. In addition to official and university publications, as the only press in Coimbra, the Imprensa also took private contract work. It remains an active part of the Universidade de Coimbra. Learn More...