Por uma história social dos trabalhadores do mar : questões lançadas às listas de matrículas de tripulações (original) (raw)

In a recent publication, we have transcribed a significant set, from 1807 and 1808, of Portuguese merchant navy’s enrolment lists, documentation from the National Archives of Torre do Tombo. Besides the transcription, this article presents the source, and its potential, and listed several questions that, from a Social History perspective, may have some responses essayed from these serial sources’ consultation. Now, we intend to introduce some reflections that allow us to advance in the answer to these questions, such as, why the studies about Portugal’s demography in the 18th century are associated with the contingent of maritime workers in the selected period, among other possibilities cited by the source.