The British presence in Macau, 1635-1793

The British presence in Macau, 1635-1793 / Rogério Miguel Puga ; translated by Monica Andrade.

For more than four centuries, Macau was the center of Portuguese trade and culture on the South China Coast. Until the founding of Hong Kong and the opening of other ports in the 1840s, it was also the main gateway to China for independent British merchants and their only place of permanent residenc...

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Main Author: Puga, Rogério Miguel
Format: eBook
Language:English
Portuguese
Published: Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, ©2013.
©2013
Series:Royal Asiatic Society books.
Subjects:
1600-1799
HISTORY > Asia > China.
Diplomatic relations
Portuguese colonies
Macau (China : Special Administrative Region) > History > 17th century.
Macau (China : Special Administrative Region) > History > 18th century.
Portugal > Foreign relations > Great Britain.
Great Britain > Foreign relations > Portugal.
Portugal > Colonies > Asia > History > 17th century.
Portugal > Colonies > Asia > History > 18th century.
Asia
China > Macau (Special Administrative Region)
Great Britain
Portugal
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Click for online access
Uniform Title:Presenca inglesa e as relacões anglo-portuguesas em Macau (1635-1793).
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Anglo-Portuguese conflicts and the founding of the East India Company
  • The voyage east: The beginning of Anglo-Portuguese relations in the East Indies
  • The arrival of the English in Macau
  • The beginning of regular East India Company trade with China
  • The gradual growth of the British presence in Macau in the early eighteenth century
  • Macau as a centre for Chinese control of the European "barbarians"
  • The visit of the Centurion
  • British relations and conflicts with the Portuguese and Chinese authorities in the second half of the eighteenth century
  • The "scramble for the use of Macau"
  • "Guests and old allies"
  • The importance of Macau for the British China trade
  • Lord Macartney's embassy to China, 1792-1794
  • Conclusion.

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