5. Fialho de Almeida
• Fialho de Almeida was born in Vila de Frades, in 1857 and
died in Cuba, in 1911.
• Graduated in Medical Science from the University of
Lisbon.
• Journalist and post-romantic writer
• Major works: ‘Os Gatos’ (‘The Cats’), ’Os Contos’ (‘The
Tales’), ‘A Cidade do Vício’ (‘City of Vice’) and ‘O País das
Uvas’ (‘The Country of Grapes’)
6. ‘Miando pouco, arranhando sempre e não temendo nunca’
(‘mewing a little, always scratching and not fearing never’)
7. Cristovão Colón
• Born in 1451 and died in 1506.
• Sea discover and explorer – ‘Discoverer
of the Americas’
• Portuguese, Spanish or Italian?
• Uncertainty about his birth location
• Mascarenhas Barreto is a researcher and the principal
defender that Cristovão Colombo was portuguese.
