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Memórias 2009 MEMÓRIAS 2009 VOLUME XXXIX LISBOA 2013 Ficha Técnica Título: Memórias 2009 Edição: Academia de Marinha, Lisboa Coordenação: João Abel da Fonseca e Luís Couto Soares Data: Julho 2013 Tiragem: 200 exemplares Impressão e Acabamento: ACD PRINT, S.A. Depósito Legal: 355115/13 ISBN: 978-972-781-115-1 ÍNDICE Titulares dos cargos estatutários em 2009 VIII Vida académica IX Lista de Membros eleitos XIV Sessões na Academia 13 JANEIRO Pirataria no século XXI 17 Mara Lisa Saramago 20 JANEIRO Lançamento do livro Norte dos Pilotos. Guia dos Curiosos. 33 Um Livro de Marinharia do séc. XVIII, de José Manuel Malhão Pereira Rui de Abreu*, Henrique Leitão e José Malhão Pereira 27 JANEIRO Apresentação da obra Dieta Náutica e Militar 48 José Malhão Pereira, Nuno Valdez dos Santos, Guilherme Conceição Silva e Carlos Juzarte Rôlo 3 FEVEREIRO Chaúl e Diu e o desenvolvimento naval português 63 José Virgílio Pissara 10 FEVEREIRO Tipicidade vulcânica do arquipélago açoriano 71 Zilda de Melo França Vulcões Geoeléctricos dos Açores – um ensaio 81 Victor Hugo Forjaz 18 FEVEREIRO SESSÃO EVOCATIVA DO ALMIRANTE GAGO COUTINHO Homenagem a Gago Coutinho 89 António Silva Soares III Gago Coutinho e a História da Náutica 98 José Malhão Pereira Gago Coutinho. Breve perfil biográfico 106 Rui Costa Pinto 17 MARÇO Processo de elaboração da Estratégica Naval Portuguesa 125 António Silva Ribeiro, Jorge Novo Palma e Luís Sardinha Monteiro 24 MARÇO Perú: encontro inopinado com Portugueses do Vice-Reino. 157 Homenagem a Gonzalo de Reparaz Ruiz Rui Ortigão Neves 7 ABRIL Primeiros resultados do salvamento arqueológico do navio 183 português do século XVI naufragado na Namíbia * Francisco Alves 15 ABRIL Os avanços da Astronomia * Rui Jorge Agostinho 21 ABRIL Alguns documentos inéditos sobre caravelas e galeões portugueses 185 do século XVI Fernando Gomes Pedrosa 28 ABRIL Entre Terra, Céu e Mar. Viagens portuguesas e conhecimento 205 da África Austral nos Roteiros e Diários de Navegação da primeira metade do século XVI Ana Cristina Roque 12 MAIO Sessão solene de entrega do Prémio Almirante Teixeira da Mota/2008 241 Nuno Vieira Matias O Mar Português antes dos Descobrimentos. Do Foral à Crónica 245 – da Hagiografia às Cantigas de Amigo e de Escárnio e Maldizer João Abel da Fonseca IV 26 MAIO Há 510 anos (1497-1499) Epopeia Gâmica. A Missão e a Mensagem 257 José Caro Proença 30 MAIO 5ª SESSÃO CULTURAL CONJUNTA COM O ICEA subordinada ao tema 400 anos das primeiras observações de Galileu Galilei Novidades astronómicas e os primeiros telescópios em Portugal 271 Henrique Leitão A Astronomia e a Náutica 281 José Malhão Pereira A Navegação dos Satélites Artificiais pelas Estrelas* Fernando Carvalho Rodrigues 2 JUNHO A «outra banda» e a Expansão Portuguesa: 291 o contributo dos fornos do biscoito de Vale de Zebro António Ventura 16 JUNHO Caminhos da Ilustração portuguesa: 309 experiência e crítica em Bartolomeu de Gusmão Maria de Fátima Reis 23 JUNHO Maghreb – Europe. Bilan des relations económiques et sociales 317 Rachid Ragala 30 JUNHO Novas prioridades e novos horizontes estratégicos: 333 a Índia no Oceano Índico Constantino H. Xavier 7 JULHO Rodas de Calcular portuguesas no início de Seiscentos 335 Carlos Juzarte Rôlo 15 SETEMBRO Uma viagem à Croácia 353 Manuel Leal Vilarinho V 22 SETEMBRO Lançamento do livro A Marinha em África. Angola, Guiné 379 e Moçambique– Campanhas Fluviais, 1961-1974, de John P. Cann Nuno Vieira Matias 1 OUTUBRO A Fragata Corte-Real na operação contra a pirataria 383 no Corno de África (Abril-Junho 2009) António Gonçalves Alexandre 7 OUTubro Navios de grande calado, portos de águas profundas. 403 Portugal como plataforma multimodal europeia Rui Ortigão Neves 20 OUTUBRO SESSÃO EVOCATIVA DE S. NUNO DE STA. MARIA – O HERÓI E O SANTO D. Nuno Álvares Pereira – o Homem e o Militar 435 Alexandre de Sousa Pinto D. Nuno Álvares Pereira – o Homem e o Santo 447 D. Januário Torgal Ferreira 22 OUTUBRO Valor Militar e Naval das Armadas de Portugal, no século XVI (2ª parte)* Manuel Carrelhas 27 OUTUBRO A extensão da plataforma continental. O projecto nacional* Manuel Pinto de Abreu 29 OUTUBRO Lançamento do livro Era só eu e o Mar, de Mário Alvarenga Rua 455 Rui Rodrigues de Abreu e Mário Alvarenga Rua 3 NOVEMBRO A plataforma continental, o mar e a economia 467 para um futuro com história António Rebelo Duarte VI 10 NOVEMBRO A plataforma continental na problemática da Defesa Nacional 485 Victor Lopo Cajarabille 25 e 26 NOVEMBRO XI SIMPÓSIO DE HISTÓRIA MARÍTIMA** subordinado ao tema O Poder do Estado no Mar e a História 3 DEZEMBRO Lançamento* do Livro Poemas de Encantos, de Maria de Lourdes Ferreira Marques Maria de Jesus Lorena Brito 15 DEZEMBRO Os 60 anos da NATO. Uma avaliação e uma prospectiva 501 Nuno Vieira Matias Comunicações de anos anteriores 11 MARÇO 2008 Arquitectura Naval Portuguesa Antiga – Os Tratados e as Traças 511 Hernâni Amaral Xavier 22 FEVEREIRO 2005 A Marinha Real Portuguesa Do Início da nacionalidade até D. João II 551 Hernâni Amaral Xavier 14 FEVEREIRO 2006 A Marinha Portuguesa da 1ª Dinastia Hernâni Amaral Xavier * Não publicado neste volume das Memórias por falta do texto ** Oportunamente editado pela Academia de Marinha VII Titulares DOS cargos estatutários EM 20091 Presidente Vice-almirante António Emílio Ferraz Sacchetti, até 15 de Janeiro Prof. Doutor Francisco Contente Domingues2, de 16 de Janeiro a 30 de Março Almirante Nuno Gonçalo Vieira Matias3, a partir de 31 de Março Presidente da Classe de História Marítima Professor Doutor Francisco Contente Domingues Presidente da Classe de Artes, Letras e Ciências Professora Doutora Raquel Soeiro de Brito Secretário-geral Capitão-de-mar-e-guerra José Henriques Cyrne de Castro Secretário da Classe de História Marítima Dr. João Abel da Fonseca Secretário da Classe de Artes, Letras e Ciências Capitão-de-mar-e-guerra José Manuel Malhão Pereira 1 Eleição na Assembleia dos Académicos de 28 de Novembro de 2006, homologada em 4 de Janeiro de 2007 pelo Almirante Chefe do Estado-Maior da Armada (OA1 49/26-11-2003). 2 Devido ao falecimento do Presidente em 15 de Janeiro, assegurou a Presidência, interinamente, até à tomada de posse da nova Direcção. 3 A partir da tomada de posse da nova Direcção, ocorrida em 31 de Março de 2009, homologada no mesmo dia pelo Almirante Chefe do Estado-Maior da Armada, resultante da eleição em Assembleia dos Académicos de 16 de Março. Na composição da nova Direcção mantiveram-se como membros os restantes titulares dos cargos estatutários. VIII VIDA ACADÉMICA Tomada de posse do novo Presidente da Academia de Marinha Devido ao falecimento, em 15 de Janeiro, do Presidente da Academia de Marinha, Vice-almirante António Emílio Ferraz Sacchetti, o cargo de Presidente foi assegurado interinamente pelo Vice-presidente Francisco Contente Domingues. Após eleição na Assembleia dos Académicos de 16 de Março, homologada em 31 de Março pelo Almirante Chefe do Estado-Maior da Armada, decorreu neste mesmo dia, na Biblioteca Teixeira da Mota, a tomada de posse da nova Direcção, presidida pelo Almirante Nuno Gonçalo Vieira Matias. Académico Malhão Pereira em S. Tomé e Príncipe Em Abril, no âmbito das Comemorações de Gago Coutinho e a convite do Insti- tuto Camões, o Comandante Malhão Pereira deslocou-se a S. Tomé e Príncipe, tendo proferido duas conferências, uma no Centro Cultural Português e outra no Instituto Diocesano de S. Tomé, na cidade de S. Tomé. Entrega do Prémio Almirante Teixeira da Mota/2008 Em Sessão Solene presidida pelo Almirante Chefe do Estado-Maior da Armada, em 12 de Maio foi entregue o Prémio Almirante Teixeira da Mota/2008, ex aequo, à Dra. Ana Maria Caixado Novo da Costa e ao Dr. Carlos Montalvão, pelos trabalhos Variations of IX Hemipelagic Sedimentation in the Submarine Cascais Canyon and Adjacent slopes for the last 150 years e O Xaveco Marroquino, respectivamente. Espólio do Almirante Teixeira da Mota Em 12 de Maio foram entregues à Academia de Marinha, pela Senhora D. Maria de Lourdes Teixeira da Mota, as condecorações do Vice-almirante Avelino Teixeira da Mota, tendo ficado em exposição permanente na Biblioteca da Academia, de que é patrono. Espólio do Almirante Ferraz Sacchetti Em Maio foi recebido um lote muito significativo de livros do Vice-almirante Fer- raz Sacchetti, oferecido pela sua Família à Biblioteca Teixeira da Mota, onde passou a constituir um núcleo independente. Dia da Marinha A Academia de Marinha participou na Exposição Comemorativa do Dia da Mari- nha, que decorreu de 16 a 24 de Maio, em Aveiro. X Sessão Cultural Conjunta com o ICEA Em 30 de Maio teve lugar a 5ª Sessão Cultural Conjunta com o Instituto de Cul- tura Europeia e Atlântica (ICEA), subordinada ao tema 400 anos das primeiras observações de Galileu Galilei. No período da manhã, os participantes deslocaram-se ao Palácio Nacional de Mafra, onde foram recebidos pelo seu Director, Dr. Mário Pereira. Seguiu-se uma visita à Exposição A Astronomia e a Náutica na Biblioteca de Mafra, guiada pela responsável da histórica Biblioteca, Dra. Teresa Amaral, que comissariou aquela mostra bibliográfica. Após o almoço-convívio, os participantes seguiram para o Auditório da Casa da Cultura Jaime Lobo e Silva, na Ericeira, onde receberam as boas-vindas do Presidente do ICEA, Dr. Viegas Freitas, que proferiu as palavras de abertura. Ao longo da tarde foram apresentadas, seguidas de debate, as conferências “O Teles- cópio de Galileu em Portugal”, pelo académico Henrique Leitão, “A Astronomia e a Náutica”, pelo académico José Malhão Pereira, e “A Navegação dos Satélites Artificiais pelas Estrelas”, pelo académico Fernando Carvalho Rodrigues. Académico Malhão Pereira em Budapeste Entre 28 de Julho e 8 de Agosto, o Comandante Malhão Pereira participou na capital magiar nos trabalhos do XVIII International Congress of the History of Science and Technology, tendo apresentado a comunicação “The Magnetic Variation and the Variation Compass in Portuguese Navigation Techniques, XV to XVIII Centuries”.
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