Annaes Maritimos e Coloniaes. Publicação Mensal Redigida sob a Direcção da Associação Maritima e Colonial [Maritime and Colonial Annals: Monthly Publication Issued under the Direction of the Maritime and Colonial Association] by (Goa & Macau) Associacao Maritima e Colonial - 1846

Lisboa: Imprensa Nacional, 1846. First edition, complete in 103 issues. Thirteen lithograph maps, plans and charts (twelve folding, three in color), nine lithograph plates (seven folding; one large), and one large folding table, plus many tables in the text. 533, [3], 12; 583, [5]; 346, [2], 641, [2]; [1], 409, [2], [1], 455, [2]; 235, [1], 512, [2]; 56, 135 pp. 6 vols. 8vo. Handsome contemporary maroon and brown gilt tooled quarter sheep with marbled and papered boards. Mixed set, vols 3 & 5 bound in a similar but not quite uniform style. Vol. 2 bound without a title page. A couple of plates with repairs and markings of removed old adhesive tape, a couple of places of mild foxing, two volumes with slight cracking of hinges but holding. First edition, complete in 103 issues. Thirteen lithograph maps, plans and charts (twelve folding, three in color), nine lithograph plates (seven folding; one large), and one large folding table, plus many tables in the text. 533, [3], 12; 583, [5]; 346, [2], 641, [2]; [1], 409, [2], [1], 455, [2]; 235, [1], 512, [2]; 56, 135 pp. 6 vols. 8vo. A RARE COMPLETE RUN. A rare complete run of this monthly publication. Published in the immediate aftermath of Brazilian independence when Portugal sought to cement its position in Goa and Macau and expand in Africa. This is a comprehensive digest of Portugal's colonial agenda.The Annaes includes important articles on Angola and Mozambique, Goa, Macau, Timor and even Solor island. Dr. Francisco Jose de Lacerda e Almeida's diary documenting his travels in Central Africa is serialised. There is a great deal of material devoted to the Malaysia and the Malay archipelago generally and even several articles on North America. Many of these are the first published accounts of Portuguese voyages and expeditions, and are augmented by government documents, statistical information as well as accounts of the most important international expeditions of the time: Dumont d'Urville's voyage to the Antarctic (1837-40), Dupetit-Thouars' circumnavigation (1836-39), James Clark Ross - a printed extract of a letter written on the Erebus, Canadian Arctic exploration by the Hudson's Bay Company vessels, Wilkes's US Exploring Expedition in the South Pacific in 1838-40 et al. The publication also include texts of international anti-slavery treaties, documents on exports and imports, articles on the latest navigation techniques and machines, e.g. Steam ships, et al. There is even a review of Frederic Marryat's Romancos Maritimos.The charts include the harbors of Lisbon, Goa, Quellimane (Mozambique, hand coloured), Dilly (Timor), Mossamedes (modern Namibia, Angola) and Lobito (Benguela province of Angola); there are also folding plans of the city of Goa, a Portuguese fort in Pungo an Dongo (Angola); a topographical chart of the National Forest of Leiria (Portugal) and others. Plates include two views of the rapids de São Salvador da Pesqueira on the river Douro (Portugal) - before and after the works which removed the rapids and made the river navigable at this point; a nicely executed large folding view of the façade of the famous ruin of St. Paul's Cathedral in Macau, a reprint of a document in Chinese, a draft of a vapour vessel, a statistical table of the population of the Portuguese Goa and others.The volumes break down as follows: Volume I contains 11 issues and a supplement (pp. 529-33), followed by an index (3 pp.), as described in Fonseca, and "Estatutos da Associação Maritima" (12 pp., paginated separately), which is not mentioned in Fonseca. In volume II, there are 12 issues. Volumes III, IV and V each contain 24 issues: 12 in the "Parte Official," 12 more in the "Parte Não Official." In volume VI, only 4 issues each of the "Parte Official" and "Parte Não Official" were published. Fonseca calls for only 1 folding plate and 3 maps in the "Parte Não Official" of volume III, where this copy has 3 plates and 4 maps. Fonseca also fails to mention the single leaf preceding the text in both "Partes" of volume IV. Innocêncio I, 72; Fonseca, pp21-22; Sabin 1577a