Descripción

260x185 mm. 152 pp., 20 unnumbered pages of plates, and [1] errata slip laid in. Title also in Chinese. Includes bibliographical references (page 152). Later red cloth, lettering piece on spine (publisher's printed wrappers preserved). Bookplate Fernando de Mello Mendes. A good copy.
First edition of this work on Macao presented by the author at the Portuguese Exhibition in Seville, where Macao's pavilion, designed in the style of a pagoda, proved to be extremely popular. The book traces the colony's history, describes its current situation with regard to trade, manufacturing, the harbour and its relationship with China, and discusses its political situation. It also examines the Portuguese communities in the Far East and tourism in Macao.
“Jaime Correa do Inso was a notable figure not only for his brilliant career in the service of the Portuguese Navy, but also for his analytical mind, which led him to observe and record what he saw during the many voyages he undertook aboard some of Portugal's major military vessels. In this context, he visited distant Macao -by the standards of the time- as well as Hong Kong and Timor, in addition to Mozambique, Angola, Brazil, and other ports” (A. Nunes Monteiro, Jaime Correa do Inso, Português, Militar, Viajante e Orientalista, nos Inícios do Séc. XX, in: “Revista de Cultura”, 75, 2024, p. 72). In 1932 he published the ethnographic novel O caminho do Oriente, which depicts the formative journey of two young men to Macau and won the 1931 Colonial Literature Contest.