China and Macau / edited by Clive Willis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Willis, R. Clive (Robert Clive), 1934-

Series:

Portuguese encounters with the world in the age of the discoveries

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Portuguese.

History.

Macau (China : Special Administrative Region)--History--16th century.

Macau (China : Special Administrative Region).

Macau (China : Special Administrative Region)--History--17th century.

Portuguese--China--History--16th century.

Portuguese--China--History--17th century.

China.

Physical Description:

xxviii, 114 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, [2002]

Contents:

1 First Contacts, 1513-57: The Arrival of the 'Barbarian Devils' from the West 1

(a) Two Early Hearsay Accounts 1

(b) The Expedition of Fernao Peres de Andrade 6

(c) A Brother's Disruption: Simao de Andrade 13

(d) The Disastrous Expeditions of 1521 and 1522 15

(e) The Fateful Embassy of Tome Pires 18

(f) Trade, Smuggling and Piracy from Precarious Toeholds (1523-57) 22

2 A Civilization Observed: Imperial Ming China in the Sixteenth Century 25

(a) Physical and Economic Geography 25

(b) Government, Administration and Welfare 36

(c) Society 43

(d) Chinese and Other Religions 47

(e) Language and the World of the Intellect 53

3 The Portuguese Settle in Macau: The Early Years 57

(a) The Settlement in Macau 57

(b) 'Foreign Devils' 58

(c) Portuguese Opposition to Spanish Interference 59

(d) The Jesuits seen as a Portuguese Reconnaissance Expedition 60

(e) The Macau Trade: European Goods Sought in Beijing and Suzhou 60

(f) The Portuguese of Macau Support the Jesuit Missions 61

(g) Confrontation with the Dutch 62

(h) Confrontation with the Chinese 63

4 The Jesuit Missions in China: The Portuguese Contribution 65

(a) Father Antonio de Almeida and Father Michele Ruggieri 65

(b) Father Antonio de Almeida and Father Matteo Ricci 66

(c) Father Duarte de Sande and Father Matteo Ricci 68

(d) Father Joao Soeiro and the Nanchang Mission 68

(e) Father Joao da Rocha and the Nanjing Mission 69

(f) Father Manuel Dias and Financial Support from Macau 70

(g) Father Manuel Dias as Rector of the Three Southern Residences 71

(h) Father Alessandro Valignano Loosens the Links with Macau 73

5 The Quest for Cathay: The Odyssey of Brother Bento de Gois 75

(a) Gois Receives News about the Jesuits in Beijing 75

(b) Gois Reaches the Great Wall of China 76

(c) Gois Sends Letters to the Beijing Mission 77

(d) The Rescue Dash of Joao Fernandes and the Death of Brother Bento 78

(e) The Surviving Documents Relating to the Quest 79

6 Macau in the Late 1630s: Three Complementary Accounts 81

(a) Macau's Location and its Built Environment 81

(b) Revenues, Dues, Produce and Trade 84

(c) Shipping in Macau Waters 88

(d) Macau's Mixed Society and its Social Activities 89

(e) The Portuguese, the Dutch and the Chinese 94

7 Macau and Manchu China 97

(a) Ecclesiastical and Social Irregularities 97

(b) The Embassy of Manuel de Saldanha (1666-70) 98

(c) The Decline of Macau and the Increase in Violence 99.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-108) and index.

ISBN:

0754601900

OCLC:

47690564