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Publication Year: 2020

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Author Info: About the Author:-António Lopes Mendes (1835 – 1894) was a Portuguese explorer and agronomist who documented his travels around the world particularly in Brazil and India. He was a careful illustrator and cartographer. He travelled extensively in Brazil around 1882-83. His most famous published work was A Índia Portuguesa (1886) with many engravings made by Francisco Pastor (1850-1922). He was born in a rural family in Vila Real in northern Trás-os-Montes on January 30, 1835. He went to study at the Polytechnic Academy of Porto in 1853. He then studied at the Lisbon Agricultural Institute joining as a "farmer and veterinarian" and completed studies in 1858. His aptitude for drawing was noted and his broad training led him to be chosen by the Ministry of the Navy and Overseas of Portugal for a mission to India that began in August 1862. He travelled to Goa and studied the land, the forests and agriculture in the region. He published a note in 1864 Apontamentos sobre a província de Satari do Estado da Índia Portuguesa. He was also elected member of the Lisbon Geographical Society.