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IRIA (Alberto). DA IMPORTÂNCIA Geo-Política do Algarve, na Defesa Marítima de Portugal, nos Séculos XV e XVIII. Lisboa. 1976. - IRIA (Alberto) DA IMPORTÂNCIA Geo-Política do Algarve, na Defesa Marítima de Portugal, nos Séculos XV e XVIII . Lisboa: Academia Portuguesa de História, 1976. 210 pp.: il.; 255 mm. Published by the Portuguese Academy of History, awarded the Calouste Gulbenkian Prize for History. Alberto Iria (Olhão, 1909 - Paço de Arcos, 1992), a historian from the Algarve region, graduated in Historical and Philosophical Sciences from the Universities of Lisbon and Coimbra and with a diploma in Library and Archival Studies from the University of Coimbra, directed the Overseas Historical Archive between 1946 and 1975 and dedicated most of his extensive work to the history of the Algarve, his birthplace, examples of which are The Algarve and the Discoveries (1956) and The Caravels of the Infante and the Caíques of the Algarve (1973). This work studies the strategic position of the Algarve in the maritime defense system of the kingdom between the 15th and 18th centuries, analyzing the region's role – due to its location at the confluence of the Atlantic and the Mediterranean and its proximity to North Africa – in coastal surveillance, support for fleets, and coordination with Portuguese strongholds in Morocco, from the time of the Henry the Navigator expansion to the defensive organization of the Modern Era. It constitutes a key contribution to the military and geopolitical history of the Algarve within the context of Portuguese maritime history. (Estimated.) ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate