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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 as PDF downloads. Each issue: history brief, 5-page artistic comic, 100 Portuguese words with English glossary.
Episodes
Ep.01 · 1755
O Terramoto — Great Lisbon Earthquake
FREERead freeEp.02 · 1974
25 de Abril — Carnation Revolution (25 de Abril)
Ep.03 · 1385
Aljubarrota — Battle of Aljubarrota
Ep.04 · 1415
Ceuta — Conquest of Ceuta (start of the Discoveries)
Ep.05 · 1498
Vasco da Gama — Vasco da Gama reaches Calicut
Ep.06 · 1820
Revolução Liberal — Liberal Revolution (Porto)
Ep.07 · 1910
República — Portuguese Republic proclaimed
Ep.08 · c. 1950
Estado Novo — Estado Novo (mid-20th century)
Ep.09 · 1386
Tratado de Windsor — Treaty of Windsor
Ep.10 · 1986
Adesão à Europa — Portugal joins the EEC
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 $5 PDF per paid episode (separate downloads)
Pairs with CIPLE A2 — culture and reading alongside the language exam, not a substitute for it.