Historian Dr Celsa Pinto has covered the growth of Panjim in quite some detail, in her* Anatomy of a Colonial Capital*, and its companion volume. See goa1556.in This Jstor review by Paul Melo e Castro [https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5699/portstudies.34.1.0123] reminds me that her work might need to be checked too. Sarto Esteves has written about this (*Goa and Its Future*, 1966), and Pietro Della Valle mentions it in his travels (1892, p. 205). D. Garcia de Silva y Figueroa (the Spanidard from centuries ago, whom late architect and author of some interesting books Paulo Varela Gomes was keen to translate) apparently refers to the springs, but possibly near the old capital. National Institute of Oceanography has been studying these issues off and on, but am not sure where these would show up. The Hakluyt Society was looking at springs "outside Goa" in 1892. On 1962 text shows up as the *Report on [the] Hot Springs in the BombayState*, and Goa's proximity seems to be mentioned; but possibly nothing in the state. Nandkumar Kamat and, separately, BM Gomes (in *SociologicalBulletin*, 2005) have written on Goa's springs in general. There would surely be more too, but I guess such topics tend to get focussed on locally, and in languages other than English too. I seem to vaguely recall some booklet or book on Goa's springs, but can't seem to find it or remember more details.
FN PS: Why "Best would be nationally/internationally published work"? Local work not good enough? On Friday, 29 May 2026 at 23:33:20 UTC+5:30 [email protected] wrote: Dear all, I am trying to get my hands on any genuine documentation pertaining to the Boca de Vaca spring in Panjim and the Fonte Fenix Spring in Fontainas as i am looking at them as heritage structures of Goa that need our attention and need to be conserved. I request anyone with information like architectural drawings, old/new information, local narratives on the springs to get in touch with me at the earliest. Best would be nationally/internationally published work. Please consider this request urgent. Yours Sincerely, Mrs. Vrishali Dumale-Thorwat Assistant Professor in Geoinformatics, Geoinformatics Dept. Govt. of Goa. College. of Multidisciplinary Studies and Research Borda, Margao, Goa Contact Number- 8600107600 ORCID- 0009-0008-9253-7943 -- *** Please be polite and on-topic in your posts. *** --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Goa Book Club" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-book-club/a4392e6f-366b-4711-a239-d26f3cae435an%40googlegroups.com.
