Ásia Extrema, c.1950s-1971

 
Component identifier:
Subseries 12-3
Content Summary:

'Ásia Extrema' (Farthest Asia) by Bishop Antόnio de Gouveia is a codex from the 'Jesuítas na Ásia' collection held in the Biblioteca da Ajuda (Lisbon). Braga considered it to be "...one of the most important of the documents in the collection". He noted that "...it is a fine history of China, rich with detail of what was happening in China during the last few years of the Ming Dynasty, based on reports by Jesuit priests."

This subseries comprises typescript transcriptions of the text of 'Ásia Extrema' in Portuguese (Files 1-16) and the manuscript of Braga's translation of the text into English (Files 17-24) Much of the manuscript of Braga's translation is in the form of photocopies; the location of the original manuscript from which the photocopies were made is unknown. Braga's manuscript was not published.

Related correspondence is found throughout the Braga Papers, particularly exchanges with L. Carrington Goodrich and António da Silva Rego (Subseries 3.3 and 3.9). Notes and working papers used by Braga in his translation of the text are found in the 'Jesuítas na Ásia' papers in Subseries 6.2.

[24 files]

Immediate source of acquisition:
The bulk of the Braga Collection (including manuscripts, pictures, maps, newspapers, serials, periodicals, monographs and ephemera) was purchased from J.M. Braga in 1966. The component held in the Manuscript Collection at MS 4300 appears to have been formally accessioned as the J.M. Braga Papers in 1975. Several small additions have been made since the original instalment of papers was received. Most of these additions were transfers to the Manuscripts Collection from other collection areas, including a file of newspaper cuttings in May 1975, a set of microfilm reels in 1984, a file of manuscript material in 1985, lists of the Braga Collection in 1994, and two files of assorted printed material and other papers in 2009. As well, several small additions have been made by members of the Braga family. In 1992, various Braga family members donated a copy of the eulogy and order of service for Augusta Braga's memorial service, and in 2002 Angela Braga donated photographs of medals and decorations awarded to J.P. Braga, together with photocopies of early writings of J.M. Braga and eulogies for J.M. Braga and his grandson Michael Braga.

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Access and use

Parent Restrictions:
Available for research.
Parent Terms of Access:
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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