A MACAO NARRATIVE
by COATES, AUSTIN
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- Paperback
- Condition
- Good condition/Cover illustrated
- ISBN 10
- 0195842014
- ISBN 13
- 9780195842012
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Hong Kong / Oxford / New York: Oxford University Press, 1993. Cover illustration: Paintingof Macao, ca. 1760-80. Contents: I). Portugese Asia: why and how. II). Squatters on the China coast. III). The golden age of the Japan trade. IV). Dutch assaults on Macao. V). The passing of Macao's golden epoch. VI). Outpost of all Europe. VII). Sovereignty. 14 illustrations. With index. Endpapermaps. Macao, 40 miles west of Hongkong, has been a place of Portuguese residence for more than 400 years. This concise account explains how the 'Western Ocean' traders peacefully settled there in 1555-7, with tacit Chinese goodwill, and describes Macao's golden age, when it was the world's most prosperous trading centre, without fort or garrison most of the time, until the disastrous collapse of 1641. 112 pag. . Third impression. Sewed / Card covers. Good condition/Cover illustrated. 22cmx15cm.
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- Festina Lente (IT)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 029715
- Title
- A MACAO NARRATIVE
- Author
- COATES, AUSTIN
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good condition
- Jacket Condition
- Cover illustrated
- Edition
- Third impression
- ISBN 10
- 0195842014
- ISBN 13
- 9780195842012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- Hong Kong / Oxford / New York
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- miguel de arriaga luis vaz de camöes vasco da gama peter mundy hongkong penha kwantung
- Size
- 22cmx15cm
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