The historical ties between Portugal and the Philippines are not well known because of scanty publications on this subject. This circumstance led the National Quincentennial Committee (NQC) (…) to search for Filipiñiana materials in various archives and libraries in Portugal. (…) The documents gathered were from the 16th-17th centuries, considered the most obscure eras in Philippine history. These periods are often neglected because of the scarcity of sources in the country related to that time. (…)
The NHCP hopes that this publication will be helpful to scholars, researchers, and students of history and that it will be the start of producing new studies on this subject matter. (…)
This two-volume Historia Obscura: The Philippines in 16th and 17th Century Portuguese Sources, is also a lasting contribution of the Commission to the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between the two countries in 2026.
(do prefácio de Regalado Trota Jose, Jr. – Diretor da National Historical Commission of the Philippines)
Historia Obscura: The Philippines in 16th and 17th Century Portuguese Sources é um trabalho em dois volumes publicado pela National Historical Comission of the Philippines em 2025. Trata-se de uma compilação de 66 documentos portugueses dos séculos XVI e XVII com informação relevante sobre as Filipinas, incluindo cartas, excertos de crónicas e roteiros. É o resultado de The Philippine History Retrieval Project – Portugal, um projeto de investigação elaborado pela parceria entre o CHAM (NOVA FCSH), a NHCP e o Department of Foreign Affairs das Filipinas.
O projeto e a obra resultante foram coordenados por Paulo Jorge de Sousa Pinto, Miguel Rodrigues Lourenço, Pedro Pinto e Jeremy Roe, do Grupo de Trabalho.
Mais informações sobre o projeto aqui.
Aquisições na página da NHCP aqui.