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This chapter explores, seemingly for the first time, the two geographical societies that emerged between 1880 and 1881 in the Portuguese colonies of Angola and Mozambique: the Society for the Dissemination of Geographical Knowledge on Africa (Sociedade Propagadora dos Conhecimentos Geográfico-Africanos—SPCGA) and the Geographical Society of Mozambique (Sociedade de Geografia de Moçambique—SGM). They both operated for about a year and then disappeared for unknown reasons. Nevertheless, each published a bulletin, whose issues are used here as primary sources. The societies’ founding is placed in the context of the colonialist activities of the Lisbon Geographical Society (Sociedade de Geografia de Lisboa—SGL) and Portugal’s celebration of national poet Luís Vaz de Camões, author of The Lusiads (Os Lusíadas), whose 300th death anniversary in 1880 invigorated Portuguese imperialism. The chapter traces the societies’ profile and activities, focusing on the role of journalists in them. Moreover, the chapter examines the form and contents of the societies’ bulletins and how other geographical societies in the world reacted to them. Both societies aimed to facilitate, by means of geographical knowledge, Portuguese colonial rule in Angola and Mozambique, and possibly in between—with the SGL supporting the Portuguese government’s claim over a contiguous territory in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Camões as a Motto for Geography: A Literary Hero, the Periodical Press, and the Founding of Two Geographical Societies in Portuguese Africa, 1880–1881

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    2025年

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  • C. Madruga

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This chapter explores, seemingly for the first time, the two geographical societies that emerged between 1880 and 1881 in the Portuguese colonies of Angola and Mozambique: the Society for the Dissemination of Geographical Knowledge on Africa (Sociedade Propagadora dos Conhecimentos Geográfico-Africanos—SPCGA) and the Geographical Society of Mozambique (Sociedade de Geografia de Moçambique—SGM). They both operated for about a year and then disappeared for unknown reasons. Nevertheless, each published a bulletin, whose issues are used here as primary sources. The societies’ founding is placed in the context of the colonialist activities of the Lisbon Geographical Society (Sociedade de Geografia de Lisboa—SGL) and Portugal’s celebration of national poet Luís Vaz de Camões, author of The Lusiads (Os Lusíadas), whose 300th death anniversary in 1880 invigorated Portuguese imperialism. The chapter traces the societies’ profile and activities, focusing on the role of journalists in them. Moreover, the chapter examines the form and contents of the societies’ bulletins and how other geographical societies in the world reacted to them. Both societies aimed to facilitate, by means of geographical knowledge, Portuguese colonial rule in Angola and Mozambique, and possibly in between—with the SGL supporting the Portuguese government’s claim over a contiguous territory in Sub-Saharan Africa.