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title: Portugal não é um país pequeno (Portugal is not a small country)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/portugal-nao-e-um-pais-pequeno-map-1934/
description: Colour lithograph map that lays the outlines of Angola, Mozambique and the other Portuguese overseas territories over a map of Europe, in red, with a…
section: Collection
---

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# Portugal não é um país pequeno (Portugal is not a small country)

Colour lithograph map that lays the outlines of Angola, Mozambique and the other Portuguese overseas territories over a map of Europe, in red, with a table of areas compared with those of European countries. The tell: the comparison uses area alone, so the territories' extent is shown without population, wealth or the question of who lived there.

## Text on the object

Original (Portuguese) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
PORTUGAL NÃO É UM PAÍS PEQUENO
SUPERFÍCIES DO IMPÉRIO COLONIAL PORTUGUÊS comparadas com as dos principais países da Europa
[illegible: area table]
ANGOLA
MOÇAMBIQUE
RÚSSIA
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
PORTUGAL IS NOT A SMALL COUNTRY
AREAS OF THE PORTUGUESE COLONIAL EMPIRE compared with those of the main countries of Europe
[illegible: area table]
ANGOLA
MOZAMBIQUE
RUSSIA
```

The subtitle is taken from the library's catalogue note, which quotes the printed legend at lower right; the table is too small to read at 400 px. Translation is a machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader.

[← Ein Volk, ein Führer, ein Ja (One People, One Leader, One Yes)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/ein-volk-ein-fuehrer-ein-ja-1933/) [Povo votai na lista da União Nacional: hontem a miséria, hoje bem estar e alegria (People, vote for the União Nacional list) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uniao-nacional-povo-votai-1934/)

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