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Jack Braga’s Ex-Libris

Posted: April 24th, 2024 | No Comments »

 The ex-libris of historian, bibliophile & philanthropist José Maria “Jack” Braga, whose family settled in Macao in 1712 and moved to Hong Kong in 1842. After a stint working for HSBC in Hong Kong, Braga moved to Macao in 1922 to teach at Seminario de São Jose & Liceu de Macau. In the 1920s he was a founder of Diario de Macau and Reuters man in Macao throughout the Second World War…



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