A Visionary of the Portuguese Empire The history of the Portuguese colonial era is often told through the dry accounts of administrative ledgers and military reports, yet it finds its most vibrant and human expression in the delicate watercolors of Carlo Juliani. Born in 1740 in the elegant Italian city of Turin, Juliani was a man of dual identities: a disciplined officer of the Portuguese colonial army and a sensitive observer of the world’s diverse human tapestry. While his official duties as a military engineer and fortress inspector required a mathematical precision and an eye for struct…