SGL

Library

The Library of the Sociedade de Geografia de Lisboa is currently recognised, both nationally and internationally, as indispensable for anyone wishing to research into not only the history of the Portuguese Discoveries and Expansion, but also the Geography, History and Ethnography of the community of Portuguese speaking countries. It, therefore, annually welcomes researchers from all over the world.

The bibliographical archive, begun in 1876, is made up of around 62 000 works, innumerable magazines and approximately 6 000 manuscripts.

Among these available works, many are considered fundamental for the study of the academic areas mentioned above.

At the same time, the reader has access to a vast collection of periodicals many having been received in exchange for the Boletim da S.G.L. Furthermore, the quantity and variety of more recent publications is in no way inferior to the older. The reading room has a wing where the most recent issues are on display. The impressively wide range of available titles is the result of editorial exchange agreements between the S.G.L. and academic institutions throughout the world.

Readers can also consult, with previous authorisation, reserved documents (6 000 of which being manuscripts). The majority of these documents, of tremendous interest and rarity, are part of personal or institutional collections acquired or offered during the life of the S.G.L.. An example is the famous Vidigueira collection, the travel diaries of personalities such as Hermenegildo Capelo, Roberto Ivens, Silva Porto and Gago Coutinho, as well as an enviable collection of drawings by George Chinnery.

No less important, the Society’s collection of cartography offers the user a vast treasury of types: atlases [123], maps [12] and plans [12], both Portuguese and foreign from all periods. Illustrative of the value of this collection is the fact that, on numerous occasions, there have been requests to borrow some documents for exhibitions or even to illustrate university theses or publications of an academic nature.

The consulting of all the mentioned documents is made easier for members of the S.G.L., as well as for any interested researchers and university students.

Members of the S.G.L. can join together according to their academic and cultural interests to fulfil the statutory requirements.

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