Lisbon Geographic Society

The Lisbon Geographic Society (Portuguese: Sociedade de Geografia de Lisboa) is a Portuguese scientific society created in Lisbon in the year of 1875, aiming to "promote and assist the study and progress of geography and related sciences in Portugal."

The Côrte-Real Studies Commission, whose objective is to study the theme related to the work of Portuguese pioneers in the discovery of lands to the west of Portugal, now known by the name of North America but which for a long time appear on maps as “land of the Corte-Reais”, since the Portuguese navigators of the Corte-Real family were those who most distinguished themselves in their discovery.

The European Commission, aims at the study and consultation that matter to the scientific knowledge of Europe and its structures and institutions and to the position of Portugal as an integral part of this reality.

The Ethnographic Museum has a collection in the areas of Ethnology and History, with the former Portuguese colonies in Africa and Asia.

The Lisbon Geography Society Library has national and international recognition as essential for the study of the History of Discoveries and Portuguese Expansion.

President Manuel Teixeira Gomes visiting the society in 1923.
Headquarters of the Lisbon Geographic Society in Arroios , Lisbon.