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. Here we present some of 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 – 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)
Boxer, CR
Four Centuries of Portuguese Expansion, 1415-1825: a succinct survey University of California Press, Berkeley, 1969
Boxer, CR
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.
Boxer, CR
Portuguese Conquest and Commerce in Southern Asia: 1500-1750 Variorum Reprints, London, 1985
Boxer, CR
Portuguese Society in the Tropics University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee USA, 1965
Boxer, CR
Race Relations in the Portuguese Colonial Empire 1415-1825 Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1963
Boxer, CR
Women in Iberian Expansion Overseas 1415 – 1815 Oxford University Press,New York, 1975
Boxer, CR
Seventeenth Century Macao in Contemporary Documents and Illustrations Ed. and translated by CR Boxer. Heinemann (Asia) Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore 1984 (Copy held in Library of Lusitano Club, Hong Kong)
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.
Cannon, Melania Dawn
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
Chinese Repository
The Chinese Repository Vol III (From May 1834 to April 1835) Canton, Printed for the Proprietors 1835
Coates, Austin
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.
(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)
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
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.
Johnstone, A.R.
Hongkong Almanack 1846 pp1-19; from HK Almanacks we have extracted a List of Portuguese residents, with their addresses and occupations.
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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
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Album Macau 1844-1974 Fundacão Oriente, 1990 – A collection of historical photographs. Published in Portuguese and English versions
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
Porter, Jonathan
Macau: The Imaginary City–Culture and Society, 1557 to the Present 240 pp. Boulder CO, Westview Press, 1996
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
Filhos da Terra – A comunidade Macaense, Ontem e Hoje
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 Alberto Guterres, but this remains unpublished.
Portugal – Some Tales from her Past San Francisco, March 2003 (Copy held in Library of Lusitano Club, Hong Kong)
Todos os Nossos Passados (All Our Yesterdays) Collecção Extratextos, Livros do Oriente (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, Manuel
Galeria de Macaenses Ilustres do Século XIX Imprensa Nacional Macau, 1942. (Gallery of Illustrious Macanese of the 19th Century. In Portuguese)
Teixeira, Manuel
Teixeira, Manuel
Templo Chinês da Barra Má-Kok-Miu Centro de Informação e Turismo, Macau, 1979 (The Barra Chinese Temple. In Portuguese.)
Teixeira, Manuel
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 Englis
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)
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