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Gaivota em Portugal

Gaivota em Portugal is a free-to-start noir comic series about Portuguese history. Episode 1 (1755 Lisbon Earthquake) is free to read on this site. Later episodes cost $5 each on Gumroad. Each issue: history brief, 5-page artistic comic, 100 Portuguese words with English glossary.

Read Ep.01 free — O Terramoto (1755)Ep.02 — 25 de Abril Ep.03 — Aljubarrota Ep.04 — Ceuta Ep.05 — Vasco da Gama Ep.06 — Revolução Liberal Ep.07 — República Ep.08 — Estado Novo Ep.09 — Tratado de Windsor Ep.10 — Adesão à Europa

Episodes

Ep.01 · 1755
O Terramoto — Great Lisbon Earthquake
FREERead free
Ep.02 · 1974
25 de Abril — Carnation Revolution (25 de Abril)
$5View / buy
Ep.03 · 1385
Aljubarrota — Battle of Aljubarrota
$5View / buy
Ep.04 · 1415
Ceuta — Conquest of Ceuta (start of the Discoveries)
$5View / buy
Ep.05 · 1498
Vasco da Gama — Vasco da Gama reaches Calicut
$5View / buy
Ep.06 · 1820
Revolução Liberal — Liberal Revolution (Porto)
$5View / buy
Ep.07 · 1910
República — Portuguese Republic proclaimed
$5View / buy
Ep.08 · c. 1950
Estado Novo — Estado Novo (mid-20th century)
$5View / buy
Ep.09 · 1386
Tratado de Windsor — Treaty of Windsor
$5View / buy
Ep.10 · 1986
Adesão à Europa — Portugal joins the EEC
$5View / buy

What you get each episode

Ep.01 free on this site (HTML) · paid episodes as printable PDF
History brief + artistic noir comic with a complete ending
100 new Portuguese words · English glossary
One Gumroad product per paid episode (separate downloads)

Pairs with CIPLE A2 — culture and reading alongside the language exam, not a substitute for it.

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