Profile
Degree in Geography from the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Lisbon (1981), PhD in Human Geography (1996), and Habilitation in Geography (2007) from the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Porto. Professor at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Porto (1982-2024). Visiting Professor at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest (2000).
Researcher at the Centre for Geographical Studies, University of Lisbon (1980-2012), the North Portugal – Aquitaine Studies Centre (1984-2000), and the Inter-University Centre for the History of Science and Technology (2013-2017). External researcher at the Instituto de Historiografía Julio Caro Baroja, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (2014-2019). Collaborator at the Centre for the Study of History and Ancient Cartography, Institute for Tropical Scientific Research (2000-2015).
Full Member of the Lisbon Geographical Society (since 1989), Full Member (2008-2016) and Honorary Member (2016-present) of the Commission on the History of Geography of the International Geographical Union, and Full member of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences (since 2022). He is also an Honorary Member of the Societat Catalana de Geografia (2009).
Supervised or co-supervised 10 PhD theses and 50 Master’s dissertations. As a coordinator, researcher, or consultant, he participated in 25 national and international research projects. He coordinated or contributed to the organisation of 40 exhibitions on Ancient Cartography and the History of Geography.
Main Publications: O Espaço Medieval da Reconquista no Sudoeste da Península Ibérica (Lisbon, 1986); A Navegação no Baixo Guadiana durante o Ciclo do Minério (1857-1917) (Porto, 1996); A Nova Lusitânia: Imagens Cartográficas do Brasil nas Coleções da Biblioteca Nacional (1700-1822), coordinator (Lisbon, 2001); A Mais Dilatada Vista do Mundo: Inventário da Coleção Cartográfica da Casa da Ínsua, coordinator (Lisbon, 2002); Álbum Cartográfico de Cabo Verde: Comissão de Cartografia (1883-1936), with M.E. Madeira Santos (Praia-Lisbon, 2010); História da Cartografia Portuguesa: Séculos XV-XVII, with M.F. Alegria, S. Daveau, and F. Relaño (Porto, 2012); Universal Atlas of Fernão Vaz Dourado (1571), coordinator (Barcelona, 2013).
