History
Books
The Macanese people, despite their strong sense of history, have never written much about it. Until recently there have only been a few books, mainly by foreigners. These are among them.
de Andrade e Silva, António, Eu Estive em Macau Durante a Guerra
Instituto Cultural de Macau, Museu Centro de Estudos Marítimos de Macau 1934 – (Cópia mantida na Biblioteca do Clube Lusitano, Hong Kong) (I was in Macau during the War. Copy held in Library of Lusitano Club, Hong Kong
Ball, J Dyer, Macao the Holy City, The Gem of the Orient Earth China Baptist Publication Service, 1905 – This is a brief, well-written account of Macau at the beginning of the twentieth century.
Barbeiro, Augusto de Souza, Cadastro das Vias e Outros Lugares Públicos de Cidade de Macau 1925 (Cópia mantida na Biblioteca do Clube Lusitano, Hong Kong) – Streets and other public places in Macau. In Portuguese; copy held in Library of Lusitano Club, Hong Kong
Boxer, CR
Fidalgos in the Far East, 1550-1770. Fact and Fancy in the History of Macao Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, Netherlands, 1948 (Copy held in Library of Lusitano Club, Hong Kong)
Four Centuries of Portuguese Expansion, 1415-1825: a succinct survey University of California Press, Berkeley, 1969
Portuguese Conquest and Commerce in Southern Asia: 1500-1750 Variorum Reprints, London, 1985
The Portuguese seaborne empire, 1415-1825 –
The great scholar wrote many books bearing on the history of Macau. This one, republished as a Penguin, sets Macau into the context of the astonishing rise and slow decline of the Portuguese empire.
Portuguese Society in the Tropics University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee USA, 1965
Race Relations in the Portuguese Colonial Empire 1415-1825 Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1963
Women in Iberian Expansion Overseas 1415 – 1815 Oxford University Press,New York, 1975
Seventeenth Century Macao in Contemporary Documents and Illustrations Ed. and translated by CR Boxer. Heinemann (Asia) Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore 1984 (Cópia mantida na Biblioteca do Clube Lusitano, Hong Kong)(Copy held in Library of Lusitano Club, Hong Kong)
#14487 Braga, JP, The Portuguese in Hongkong and China: their beginning, settlement and progress during one hundred years Macau, Fundação Macau, 1998 – First published 1944, revised by Barnabas HM Koo, University of Macau, 2013 ISBN 978-99965-1-037-3IMG.
Melania Dawn Cannon Experience, Memory and the Construction of the Past: Remembering Macau 1941-1945 Master of Arts Thesis, Department of History, University of British Columbia, Aug 2001
Chan, Catherine S ‘Empire’ Drifters: The Macanese in British Hong Kong, 1841-1941 PhD Thesis, University of Bristol, July 2019
The Chinese Repository Vol III (From May 1834 to April 1835) Canton, Printed for the Proprietors 1835
Coates, A, Macao and the British
Oxford University Press, 1988, reprinted, Hong Kong University Press, 2009.
Coates, Austin, A Macao Narrative Heinemann Educational Books (Asia) Ltd. Hong Kong, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur 1978, reprinted, Hong Kong University Press, 2009. – A short and very readable history. Coates retraces the discovery of the sea route to the Far East and the subsequent foundation of Macao as a Portuguese enclave in 1557. The last chapter, Macao’s finest hour, tells the story of Macao’s role in World War II as a haven of refuge for many thousands. Copy held in Library of Lusitano Club, Hong Kong.
Endacott, GB, History of Hong Kong This standard history was first published in 1958, and re-issued in 1995 with four new chapters. It is now very dated, but no other general history of Hong Kong has so far been written to supersede it. There is occasional reference to the Portuguese community.
Gosano, Eddie (Publ. Greg England), Hong Kong Farewell Special Limited Edition 1977 (Copy held in Library of Lusitano Club, Hong Kong). Read Extract
Fisher, Les, I Will Remember – Recollections and Reflections on Hong Kong 1941 to 1945 – Internment and Freedom ISBN 1-85741-038-6, Hobbs the Printers, Hampshire, Great Britain, December 1996. Diary of a POW in the Shamshuipo Camp< ISBN 1-85741-038-6, Hobbs the Printers, Hampshire, Great Britain, December 1996. - Diary of a POW in the Shamshuipo Camp
Forster, Penelope, From Prison Camp to Priesthood Seaview Press – A biography of José “Zinho” Gosano; copy held in Library of Lusitano Club, Hong Kong.
da Franca, António Pinto, Portuguese Influence in Indonesia Gunung Agung 1970 Djakarta (Copy held in Library of Lusitano Club, Hong Kong)
A Guide to Catholic Shanghai Catholic Churches and Schools in Shanghai in 1937
#1603 Grills, Peter Família Ribeiro Pirion Digital, Fyshwick, ACT ISBN 978 1 74027 488 3, 2008 -Biography of the Ribeiro and Nolasco da Silva families. In English
Guillen-Nuñez, Cesar, Macau Oxford University Press, Hong Kong, 1984. -A brief and well-illustrated introduction to the history of Macau in fewer than 70 pages.
Guimares e Freitas, José de Aquino Memoria sobre Macao Coimbra, na Real Imprensa da Universidade, 1828. Memoirs of an Aritillery officer stationed in Macau between 1815 and 1822 (in Portuguese).
Hoe, Susanna, The Private Life of Old Hong Kong. Western Women in the British Colony 1841-1941 Hong Kong, Oxford University Press, 1995
Hongkong Almanack 1846 pp1-19; from HK Almanacks we have extracted a List of Portuguese residents, with their addresses and occupations.
Huang, M, Sons of La Salle Everyone : a History of La Salle College and Primary School, 1932-2007 Hong Kong, La Salle College Old Boys’ Association, 2007. – In its early years, La Salle’s students were mainly Macanese boys. This recent
history is superbly illustrated and presented.
Ingrams, Harold Who are the true citizens? Extract from Hong Kong, pp 249-251, London, Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1952
#21467 Jorge, Cecília and #21469 Coelho, Beltrão,
Album Macau – People, Places and Experiences ISBN 972 9418 02 0, Livros do Oriente Macau, 1990 – A collection of historical photographs. In Portuguese and English
Album Macau 1844-1974 Fundacão Oriente, 1990 – A collection of historical photographs. Published in Portuguese and English versions
Album Macau – Memória da Cidade (Glimpses of the Past) Direcção dos Serviços de Turismo, Livros do Oriente, Macau – A collection of historical photographs. Published in Portuguese and English
#7652 Jorge da Silva, António Pacheco:
The Portuguese – An Outline History of their Origin and their Voyages of Discovery Published by the author, San Rafael, CA, USA October 1996
The Portuguese Community in Hong Kong: A Pictorial History : an illustrated history, volume 1: 2007, volume 2: 2010 Conselho das Comunidades Macaenses and Instituto Internacional de Macau, 2007 -A collection of photographs with historical notes. These important books do much to record and celebrate the people who over several generations came from Macau to make a new life in the nearby British colony.
#7652 Jorge da Silva, António Pacheco, The Portuguese Community in Shanghai : A Pictorial History 2010 Conselho das Comunidades Macaenses and Instituto Internacional de Macau, 2012 – A collection of photographs with historical notes.
Diaspora Macaense to California Associação Promotora da Instrução dos Macaenses, ISBN 978-99937-995-0-4, 2009
Koo, Bernard In search of a better world: a social history of the Macaenses in China MA Honours Thesis, University of Western Sydney, 2000
The Little Flower Club Diamond Jubilee 1927-1987
Ljungstedt, Andrew, An Historical Sketch of the Portuguese Settlements in China First published James Munroe & Co, Boston: 1836 – Ljungstedt, who had lived in Macau for several years, wrote with insight about this unique city, and was not blind to its faults.
Lusitano History – 150 years of the Lusitano Club in Hong Kong
Machado, Leonor Sá Lesser Known Historical Stories of Macau Macau Style, 7 July 2020
#25609 CA Montalto de Jesus, Historic Macao Hong Kong, Kelly & Walsh, 1902; 2nd edn, Salesian Press, Macao, 1926, repr. Oxford University Press, Hong Kong, 1984. – A warmly sympathetic view of Macau. It still reads well after so many years.
Muto, Dr Chozo, The Omura Manuscript
Ng, Maria, Pilgrimages: Memories of Colonial Macau and Hong Kong Hong Kong University Press, 2009. – A collection of essays on Portuguese Macau and British Hong Kong. It depicts many humorous and painful episodes navigating family politics and her inter cultural pilgrimages from adolescent romances to professional life.
Nishiyama, Marcelo A study of the church of St. Paul in Macao and the transformation of Portuguese architecture Download
A monthly Magazine published in 1940-41 by the Portuguese community in Shanghai. About half of the articles are in Portuguese, the rest in English. It provides valuable insight into life in that city, four years after occupation by the Japanese in 1937, and contains many photos of Macanese. The community there, feeling under threat and obviously economically stressed and insecure, tried hard to maintain their Portuguese identity and cohesion with articles on Portuguese history and culture, through social events, and by promoting lessons on the Portuguese language. But it could not last: with the outbreak of World War II in the Pacific in December 1941 the whole community dispersed, never to reassemble.
Click to see an index of the contents of the magazine. Descendants of Macanese from Shanghai will enjoy browsing through the magazine and may even find mention of their relatives.
Porter, Jonathan Macau: The Imaginary City–Culture and Society, 1557 to the Present 240 pp. Boulder CO, Westview Press, 1996
Rangel, Alexandra Sofia Filhos da Terra – A comunidade Macaense, Ontem e Hoje
Rocha Vieira, Vasco Todos os portos a que cheguei Dec 2010 Pedro Vieira/Grapa Publicações, S.A. – An important book by the last Portuguese Governor of Macau. There are several chapters on Macau
de Sa, Luis Andrade, Portugueses em Hong Kong (The Portuguese in Hong Kong) Fundação Oriente : Instituto Cultural de Macau, 1999. In Portuguese. An English translation of this important book has been made by #16855 Alberto Guterres, but this remains unpublished.
Shanghai times 23 February 1931. The Portuguese Company of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps
#7902 da Silva, Frederic A “Jim”:
Portugal – Some Tales from her Past San Francisco, March 2003 (Cópia mantida na Biblioteca do Clube Lusitano, Hong Kong)(Copy held in Library of Lusitano Club, Hong Kong)
Todos os Nossos Passados (All Our Yesterdays) Collecção Extratextos, Livros do Oriente (sem data) (Cópia mantida na Biblioteca do Clube Lusitano, Hong Kong)(undated) (Copy held in Library of Lusitano Club, Hong Kong)
The Macanese – A Legacy of Portugal – Our origins, our language, our food, our characteristics and our way of life
Teixeira, Padre Manuel
Galeria de Macaenses Ilustres do Século XIX Imprensa Nacional Macau, 1942. (Gallery of Illustrious Macanese of the 19th Century. In Portuguese)
Toponímia de Macau Vol I & II
Imprensa Nacional Macau, 1979. (History of place-names in Macau. In Portuguese)
Templo Chinês da Barra Má-Kok-Miu Centro de Informação e Turismo, Macau, 1979 (The Barra Chinese Temple. In Portuguese.)
The Japanese in Macau ISBN 972-35-0095-7, Instituto Cultural de Macau, 1990 – In the 16th and 17th centuries, Christian Japanese found, in Macau, a home in exile and they left their mark on the architecture and art works of this city. It achieved an admirable fusion of two cultures – that of East and West. We are given details about these works and their history as well about the Japanese who lived and died in Macau. Copy held in Library of Lusitano Club, Hong Kong. In English
Wordie, Jason, Macao: People and Places, Past and Present Angsana Ltd, Hong Kong 2013
Wright, Arnold (Ed.), Twentieth Century Impressions of Hong Kong, Shanghai, and other Treaty Ports in China Lloyd’s Greater Britain Publishing Company, 1908 – A huge and magnificently illustrated book about Europeans on the China coast at the high point of imperialism, including a chapter on Macau.
Yvan, Melchior, Six Months among the Malays and a Year in China London: James Blackwood 1855 (a fascinating book which includes a chapter on Macau, digitised by Google)
Historical Articles
This section of the library provides a selection of articles. Authors are listed alphabetically in the Portuguese manner (e.g., da Silva under Silva)
The Shroud – A ghost story recounted to generations of Macanese.
The Burial at Sea – A cautionary sea yarn
Toot-Toot – What stutterers had to suffer
Amaral and Mesquita A turbulent period in Macau when the governor was assassinated and Macau seriously threatened.
Memories of World War II – A personal account of the war years
Banham, Tony:
Hong Kong War Diary – Click to see a list of all HK Volunteer Defence Corps members, or a list of just the Portuguese volunteers
Not the Slightest Chance: The Defence of Hong Kong, 1941; UBC Press, 2003
We Shall Suffer There: Hong Kong’s Defenders Imprisoned, 1942-45; ISBN: 9622099602 Hong Kong University Press, 2009
Baptista, Filomeno (“Meno”):
The Royal Hong Kong Regiment (The Volunteers)
Goodbye to All That Memories of post-war Hong Kong
Surrender, or we’ll flatten Macau
An Unexampled Calamity The Hong Kong Plague of 1894
Guia – fortress, chapel and lighthouse
Delivered From The Jaws Of Death article on Penha Church in Macau
Melania Dawn Cannon Experience, Memory and the Construction of the Past: Remembering Macau 1941-1945 Master of Arts Thesis, Department of History, University of British Columbia, Aug 2001
Oscar Collaço Autobiography
Frank’s Story Short autobiography, including experiences during World War II
O Ataque e a Derrota dos Holandeses em Macau, 24 de Junho de 1622The Dutch Attack and Rout at Macau, 24 June 1622
Fisher, Les, I Will Remember – Recollections and Reflections on Hong Kong 1941 to 1945 – Internment and Freedom ISBN 1-85741-038-6, Hobbs the Printers, Hampshire, Great Britain, December 1996. Diary of a POW in the Shamshuipo Camp
Forster, Penelope, From Prison Camp to Priesthood Seaview Press – (Cópia mantida na Biblioteca do Clube Lusitano, Hong Kong)A biography of José “Zinho” Gosano; copy held in Library of Lusitano Club, Hong Kong
A Macanese Entrepreneur – Memories of some members of the Gomes family
Gosano, Eddie Memoirs of Dr Eddie Gosano Extract from his autobiography “Hong Kong Farewell”
Gosano, José “Zinho” The Life and Times of Father José “Zinho” Gosano Memoirs of José “Zinho” Gosano – a sportsman, soldier, prisoner-of-war and priest
Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps: List of Portuguese members
Maryknoll Convent School history
Muto, Chozo: The Omura Manuscript – Interactions of the Portuguese with Japan, from the Japanese viewpoint
Ozorio, Anne From Macau through China to India and Burma: Hong Kong Portuguese in the Chindits
Our Bairro Reminiscences of childhood
Bela Vista Recollections of a Wartime Childhood
Experiences at Shamshuipo and Sendai Camps Memoirs of a prisoner-of-war in Kowloon and Japan
The Spy Who Never Came Back – The story of Pêro Covilhã, a spy sent by the King of Portugal to Africa
Peter the Cruel The tragic love story of one of the ancestors of the Eça family of Macau
Portugal’s Flag How the flag of Portugal evolved
Padre Manuel Teixeira autor desconhecido, acredita-se ser o Padre Manuel TeixeiraPadre Manuel Teixeira author unknown, believed to be Padre Manuel Teixeira
Seis sacos de terra portuguesa – Um conto de patriotismoSix Sacks of Portuguese Soil – A tale of patriotism
Hetty’s Story Experiences of Alex Experiences of Alexandre Jorge “Alex” Alves at the outbreak of World War II in the Pacific
The Long March Account of prisoners-of-war being incarcerated at Shamshuipo
Escape from Shamshuipo Camp Covert War Mission – An article on Sir Roger Lobo’s role in forestalling a Chinese takeover of Hong Kong.
The Past Master South China Morning Post, Hong Kong. – An article on the Hong Kong Legislative and Executive Councils, which mentions some prominent Macanese.
Family Affairs Then and Now – Article on Jorge Forjaz’s Famílias MacaensesFamílias Macaenses
The Happy Valley Race Course Fire of 1918 – The disastrous fire which killed at least 9 Macanese.
My Wartime Experience 2009 – An edited version of a privately produced and distributed booklet
Videos históricosHistorical Videos
Odyssey
Uma produção do Instituto Internacional de Macau em colaboração com a Fundação Macau.
Baseada em entrevistas conduzidas por Joaquim Magalhães de Castro em Setembro/Outubro de 2016.
Texto de Mariana Pereira
Imagens de António Pinto Marques
Legendas em Português e Inglês: Hugo Gaspar
Produtor executivo: Rufino Ramos
Odyssey
A production of the International Institute of Macau in collaboration with Fundação Macau.
Based on interviews conducted by Joaquim Magalhães de Castro on September/October 2016.
Text: Mariana Pereira
Images: António Pinto Marques
Subtitles in Portuguese and English: Hugo Gaspar
Executive Producer: Rufino Ramos