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Autore |
Puga Rogério Miguel |
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Titolo |
The British presence in Macau, 1635-1793 [[electronic resource] /] / Rogério Miguel Puga ; translated by Monica Andrade |
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Hong Kong, : Hong Kong University Press, 2013 |
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ISBN |
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988-8180-75-4 |
988-220-844-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (223 p.) |
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Collana |
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Royal Asiatic Society books |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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British - China - Macau (Special Administrative Region) |
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 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Originally published in Portuguese in 2009 by Centro de História de Alem-Mar (CHAM), FCSH-New University of Lisbon, and by Centro Cultural e Cientifico de Macau (Lisbon, Portugal) as A Presença Inglesa e as Relações Anglo-Portuguesas em Macau (1635-1793). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction -- 1. Anglo-Portuguese conflicts and the founding of the East India Company -- 2. The voyage east: The beginning of Anglo-Portuguese relations in the East Indies -- 3. The arrival of the English in Macau -- 4. The beginning of regular East India Company trade with China -- 5. The gradual growth of the British presence in Macau in the early eighteenth century-- 6. Macau as a centre for Chinese control of the European "barbarians" -- 7. The visit of the Centurion -- 8. British relations and conflicts with the Portuguese and Chinese authorities in the second half of the eighteenth century-- 9. The "scramble for the use of Macau"-- 10. "Guests and old allies"-- 11. The importance of Macau for the British China trade -- 12. Lord Macartney's embassy to China, 1792-1794 -- Conclusion. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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For more than four centuries, Macau was the center of Portuguese trade |
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