voxangelorum
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In 1755 the greatest earthquake ever hit Lisbon the capital city of Portugal, and single-handedly brought down the Portuguese empire, lost most of the Imperial city's treasures deep underground, kicked off the Enlightenment period in Europe, and decimated the rulership of Portugal and thereby arguably extended the delay of the total abolition of slavery (the royal family abandoned the attempted recovery of Portugal and fled for Brazil, and the British monarchy appointed a regent in lieu of a ruler, long after its own 1801 slavery abolition declaration, while benefitting from the continued commerce in ruler-less Portugal for some decades after).
Given the power and importance of the empire at that time, it would stand to reason that plenty of important academic books and scholarly treatises as well as landmarks of art and culture went deep down under the ground with the whole of the Lisbon library.
My question is has anybody ever floated the idea of using satellite resonant imagery to locate any of the many, many treasured lost items to potentially lead an expedition to recover any of the lost library? I wonder how many of Europe's classic works, lost elsewhere through fires, were copied and existed inside the Lisbon library and remain buried deep in the ground today waiting to be excavated?
Given the power and importance of the empire at that time, it would stand to reason that plenty of important academic books and scholarly treatises as well as landmarks of art and culture went deep down under the ground with the whole of the Lisbon library.
My question is has anybody ever floated the idea of using satellite resonant imagery to locate any of the many, many treasured lost items to potentially lead an expedition to recover any of the lost library? I wonder how many of Europe's classic works, lost elsewhere through fires, were copied and existed inside the Lisbon library and remain buried deep in the ground today waiting to be excavated?