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Luciano Cordeiro
1844–1900
A wide-ranging Portuguese intellectual, Luciano Cordeiro moved between literature, history, geography, journalism, and public life. His writing reflects a keen interest in travel, art, Portugal’s overseas territories, and the country’s cultural identity.
4 Audiobooks
Inscripções portuguezas
by Luciano Cordeiro
As obras dos Jeronymos parecer apresentado à Commissão dos Monumentos Nacionaes em sessão de 7 de Novembro de 1895
by Luciano Cordeiro
O thesouro do rei Fernando historia anecdotica de um tratado inedito
by Luciano Cordeiro
About the author
Luciano Baptista Cordeiro de Sousa was born in Mirandela, Portugal, on July 21, 1844, and died in Lisbon on December 24, 1900. He was a writer, historian, geographer, journalist, and politician whose career connected scholarship with public affairs.
Cordeiro studied in Funchal and later taught literature and philosophy at the Royal Military College. He contributed to several Portuguese newspapers and magazines, founded the Revista de Portugal e Brasil, and helped establish the newspaper Comércio de Lisboa.
His books include Livro de Crítica, travel writing, studies of art and history, and works concerning Portuguese exploration and colonial policy. He was also a founder and permanent secretary of the Sociedade de Geografia de Lisboa, helping to promote geographical research and debate in Portugal.