In these four books, Viana’s work, like that of so many other historians of Portuguese-Brazilian diplomacy and politics from 1808 to 1834, was that of a re-organizer of the sources published in the 19th century but with the caveat that he himself had contributed to this first historiographical moment, although somewhat late in the day.

In fact, the friendship that António Viana enjoyed with both Gama Barros (1833-1925) and António Baião (1878-1961), the former twenty-five years his senior, the latter twenty years his junior, was like a chain of linked historiographical (rather than biological) generations that was very interesting to observe – symptomatic, perhaps, of some stages in the history of historiography in Portugal from the 1890s to the 1960s.

It must be pointed out too that Viana was a critical predecessor of Rocha Martins as a commentator of both liberal and Miguelist documents. And he was also a precursor of Ângelo Pereira, Oliveira Lima and António Ferrão as an interpreter of historical facts of Portuguese-Brazilian politics and diplomacy, all of vital importance in the preparation of later critical syntheses undertaken by such respected historians as Eduardo Brazão and Soares Martinez, on one hand, and by Graça and Sebastião Silva Dias and the editors of História da História em Portugal (Séculos XIX e XX) (The History of History in Portugal [19th and 20th Centuries]), on the other.

Finally, it should be noted that Viana published at least two works of poetry, Flores de Outono (Flowers of Autumn) and Tobias, the latter including two illustrations by Columbano and dated “Estoril, Autumn 1899”.

Works by the author : José da Silva Carvalho e o seu Tempo. Compilação anotada por [...], Lisboa, Imprensa Nacional, 3 vols, 1891-1894; Tobias (Versão do conto bíblico, com duas ilustrações de Columbano), 1901, 47 pp.; Apontamentos para a história diplomática contemporânea por [...], 3 vols (1901, Livraria Ferin, 378 pp.; 1922, Tipografia do Anuário Comercial, 545 pp.; 1958, Gráfica Santelmo, 299 pp.), cobrindo o período de 1820 a 1828; Introdução aos apontamentos para a história diplomática contemporânea por [...], Lisboa, Livraria Ferin, 1907, 182 pp. (cobrindo o período de 1789 a 1815); Flores de Outono, [s.d.].

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