Paper short abstract:

Oceans played a crucial role in the construction of scientific knowledge Portuguese. We cross in this proposal Oceans and Public Space with Sciences of the Nature and the Oceans: Bibliotheca of the People and the Schools (David Corazzi (1881-1912), crossed with Vasco da Gama’s Aquarium, 1898.

Paper long abstract:

The Seas and Oceans played a crucial role in the construction of scientific affective mood in Portuguese society, late 19th century. In this proposal we cross Oceans and public space with Sciences of the Nature and the Oceans in the Bibliotheca of the People and the Schools. Instruction advertisement for Portuguese and Brazilians (1881-1912), and the inauguration of the Vasco da Gama Aquarium in 1898, in Lisbon, Dafundo, a landmark of building a scientific and national memory to commemorate the voyage of 1498. We can alsomake some references to the imagery pointed out to the the Oceanarium in 1998, in the Eastern part of the capital, capital of a European space, but with a cultural Oceans imaginary . We start from the People's and Schools' Library Books collection (Bibblioteca do Povo e das Escolas de David Corazzi) to get a thematic approach to the fowling titles of the BPE collection: 1881. Introduction to the Sciencias Physico-Naturaes; 1882. The land and the seas. Scientific Divisions; 1883. The Sea; 1884 [OLIVEIRA, Manuel Rodrigues de], Fish farming; 1883. Natural History of Pisces; 1909 SILVA, Armando da (Director of the Vasco da Gama Aquarium). The Molluscs. Natural and economic history; 1909 DINIZ, Carlos, The Fishing. WE would like to combine this information with the importance of the Aquarium Vasco da Gama, as public museum space and its role in the construction of oceanographic knowledge networks.