Summary of the Lusiads (Sumário dos Luzíadas) [Portuguese and Chinese] Year: 1937 Call Number:RMK2129 This book is an official local print in Macao, with a thread-bound and lead-printed edition. It is the earliest Chinese translation of the Os Lusíadas. It is a bilingual ChinesePortuguese record of a speech by António Maria da Silva (1885–1959), Director of Macao’s Technical Department of the Chinese Bureau, delivered on June 10, 1937 – commemorating Portugal’s National Day, Camões Day, and Overseas Portuguese Day. Os Lusíadas tells the story of Vasco da Gama and other Portuguese navigators who bravely rounded the Cape of Good Hope, opening up a new route to India. It is the best and most important work in the history of Portuguese literature. 169 31
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