Armorial of the Navy and Maritime Authority

The publication of this book is the culmination of a project long dreamed of by many, and particularly by all those who collaborated in the Naval Heraldry Office, myself included as a humble member of that Office in the distant years of 1980 to 1991. This work, as is typical of heraldry, translates the evolution of a living and multisecular institution - the Portuguese Navy - which over the years has replaced naval units and altered its organisational structures, reflected in the ordering of its respective heraldic symbols.»