Assistant Professor Department of Quantitative Methods, ISCTE-LUI, Business School, Portugal. (351) 21 790 3439; Gabinete B706; Cacifo 170; luis.martins@iscte.pt (CV-English) (CV-Português) (Short Biography) Address: Department of Quantitative Methods, ISCTE-LUI, Cacifo 170, Avenida das Forças Armadas, 1649-026 Lisboa, Portugal	(last update: April 7, 2010) ResearcherID IDEAS.RePEc EconPapers.RePEc
	Ph.D. in Economics, Pennsylvania State University, USA, 2005 Field: Econometrics

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“We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our
Children” (Native American Proverb)

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Os Lusiadas is an epic poem that focuses mainly on the Portuguese discoveries movement, in the 14th to 17th centuries.

1.
AS armas e os Barões assinalados
Que da Ocidental praia Lusitana
Por mares nunca de antes navegados
Passaram ainda além da Taprobana,
Em perigos e guerras esforçados
Mais do que prometia a força humana,
E entre gente remota edificaram
Novo Reino, que tanto sublimaram;

From Os Lusiadas (Canto Primeiro), by Luís Vaz de Camões (1524-1580)

1. The designated weapons and Barons // That of the Lusitana Occidental beach people // For seas never sailed before // They passed beyond Taprobana, //// In strengthen dangers and wars // More than the force promised to the human being, //// And between remote people they had built // New Kingdom, that was made so sublime;

(My own translation! Comments are welcome!)

1. Arms are my theme, and those matchless heroes // Who from Portugal's far western shores // By oceans where none had ventured // Voyaged to Trapobana and beyond, //// Enduring hazards and assaults // Such as drew on more than human prowess //// Among far distant peoples, to proclaim // A New Age and win undying fame

(Anonymous - Unknown author)

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