Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra
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.
Pearl River Watershed.
Planta da bacia geral dos rios Si-Kiang, Peh-Kiang e Han-Kiang ou rios do Oeste, Norte e de Este, desde a sua origem até desenbocarem no mar da China pelos estuários de Cantão e do Broadway.
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This is a remarkable 1884 Portuguese-language Adolfo Ferreira Loureiro map of Guangdong Province (广东; Canton), China, including Hong Kong, Macao, Guangzhou, and the Pearl River Estuary. The map was designed by Loureiro to assist in his engineering commission to control silt build-up in Macao Harbor. It thus focuses on the vast watershed that drains into the Pearl River, and is, as such, among the earliest works to address the complex river system. (more details)