− | However, as noted by Vasco in Pisco [http://fountainpenboard.com/forum/index.php?/topic/4422-pelikan-100n-magnum/page__gopid__25476#entry25476 this thread] it is not very convincing as ''Monteiro Guimarãe'' was the exclusive distributor for Portugal, Spain, Brazil and other Portuguese colonies in Africa, and the legal representative of [[Pelikan]] in those countries, so all fountain pens would still be passed by him, and it seems more reasonable to think of commercial reasons and promotion of its own brand. | + | However, as noted by Vasco Pisco in [http://fountainpenboard.com/forum/index.php?/topic/4422-pelikan-100n-magnum/page__gopid__25476#entry25476 this thread] it is not very convincing as ''Monteiro Guimarãe'' was the exclusive distributor for Portugal, Spain, Brazil and other Portuguese colonies in Africa, and the legal representative of [[Pelikan]] in those countries, so all fountain pens would still be passed by him, and it seems more reasonable to think of commercial reasons and promotion of its own brand. |