A Macao Narrative

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Table of Contents:: Foreword; Acknowledgments; Preface; Contents; 1. Portuguese Asia: Why and How; 2. Squatters on the China Coast; 3. The Golden Age of the Japan Trade; 4. Dutch Assaults on Macao; 5. The Passing of Macao's Golden Epoch; 6. Outpost of All Europe; 7. Sovereignty; Bibliography; Index
Summary:: Macao, 40 miles west of Hong Kong, became a place of Portuguese residence between 1555-57. In this short, lively and affectionate book, Austin Coates explains how and why the Portuguese came to the Far East, and how they peacefully settled in Macao with tacit Chinese goodwill. Macao's golden age, from 1557 to the disastrous collapse of 1641, is vividly reconstructed. There follows the cuckoo-in-the-nest situation of the late eighteenth century when the British in Macao were a law unto themselves, until the foundation of Hong Kong and the opening of Shanghai gave wider scope for their energies.
Language:: English
Physical Type/Description:: 1 online resource (161 p.)
General Note:: Description based upon print version of record.