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Language:- Portuguese, About the Book;-A standard, and exhaustive, work on the history of the Portuguese in Asia. This book is in 10 volumes, and is in the Portuguese language. About the Author: - Joaquim Heliodoro da Cunha Rivara was a Portuguese physician, professor, intellectual and politician. He excelled as a scholar of the history of the Portuguese presence in India and as a champion of the Konkani language. However, he was not attracted to clinical practice and therefore chose an administrative career in the Civil Government of Évora, which he joined in 1837 as administrative officer of its secretariat. In October of that year he was appointed Professor of Rational and Moral Philosophy of the Liceu de Évora, where he could indulge his taste for the humanities and his love for books. In 1838 he was appointed by the government of Queen Maria II of Portugal as Director of the Public Library of Évora, the first director of the institution appointed by the state and the first layman to occupy the position. Over the more than 15 years of his service (1838–1855), he distinguished himself as a librarian and bibliophile, reorganized the library and published its catalogue. He built a new wing with a capacity of 8,000 books, carried out a complete repair of the building, brought in more than 10,000 volumes from defunct convents, besides donating also several books from his own private library. Because of the shortage of employees, he catalogued all these volumes himself. The Title 'Archivo Portuguez-Oriental written/authored/edited by J. H. Da Cunha Rivara', published in the year 2020. The ISBN 9788121220545 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 277 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in Portuguese. The subject of this book is . Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms FASCICULO 1, Part E 2