Gazetteers were tools for the British administrators. It contained all the information the administrator need to know about the territory, people and resources he needed for performing his duties. The assistants of Afonso de Albuquerque produced the first two such manuals ever produced by Europeans in Asia. They were published only in the 19th century, but had alrady been robbed by the British and the French as part of their commercial spying. The two Portuguese manuals covering the western Indian Ocean region and the Eastern Indian Ocean respectively were produced by Duarte Barbosa and by Tome Pires. Their English editions were published by Hakluyit Society, London. You may google for more information.
Teotonio Message: 5 Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 18:31:36 +0530 From: "Frederick Noronha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Goa Gazetteer: Wanted your help to update a Wikipedia entry... To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gazetteer_of_India,_Union_Territory:_Goa _Daman_and_Diu An official publication of the Government of Goa, published in 1979, and containing a lot of background information about the region of Goa, its past and present. [edit] About the book .... .... >From the Wikipedia page on Gazetteers, it is clear that gazetteers became popular in Britain in the 19th Century, with publishers such as Fullarton, Mackenzie, Chambers and W & A.K. Johnston, many of whom were Scottish, meeting public demand for information on an expanding Empire. In India, the tradition probably traces its roots to the needs of a often-changing colonial administration to understand the alien land it governed, as indicated by the choice of themes of the above gazetteer, and the focus on the history, culture and administration of the region studied. _____________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list ([email protected])
