June 3: The Portuguese Colonial Empire Buttressed From Within (Sharmila Pais)

[Frederick Noronha]

 

[Jeanne Hromnik]

Dear Frederick 

I wonder whether this author, Sharmila Pais, is aware of a PhD thesis on Canarins in the Rios do Cuamo in the 16th century, written by Dr Cyril Hromnik? It is very much in line with her description of local buttressing of the Portuguese empire, in this instance in the quest for gold in southern Africa, including what is now Mozambique.

With your extrordinary skills, you might be able to unearth this thesis, which was written for Syracuse University in the US in the mid 1960s. It is based on meticulous research in archives in Goa, Mozambique and Portugal and should be of great interest to Dr Pais.

Canarins is an early name for Goans that was used by the Portuguese.

Best wishes

Jeanne

On Tue, 02 Jun 2026, 00:57 Frederick Noronha, <frederic...@gmail.com> wrote:

 

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[Jeanne Hromnik]

Found it by googling. Extraordinary skill :-)

Canarens in the Rios de Cuama, 1501-1576. Source: Africa Bibliography

Xxj

[Sandra Ataíde Lobo]

How interesting Jeanne. Don't you have a copy of the thesis? It would be worth thinking about publishing it or putting online.

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[Sandra Ataíde Lobo]

That is an article. The thesis is this one:

"Goa and Mozambique: the participation of Goans in Portuguese enterpris" by Cyril Andrew Hromnik

Unfortunately, apparently only available to Syracuse students.

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[Jeanne Hromnik]

Sandra, I think it's already online. You only have to google it. I used 'Hromnik' and 'Canarins' as key words.

I'll try and post the links. Syracuse University also has it online.

Jeanne

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[Jeanne Hromnik]

Just saw your message.

Frederick will have to use his skills to obtain a copy.

Xx

JH

[Frederick Noronha]

If you keep repeating this, soon I too will believe that some magical findability skills have been bestowed on me ... Please note that Sandra comes from the world of library sciences and the history of ideas. My field is plagiarism of ideas, aka journalism :-)
FN