CHAPTER THREE Uncharted seas and inhospitable landsMacaenses in China, sixteenth to mid-nineteenth century Inhospitable lands The first three centuries of Macaense settlement in China witnessed the transformation of the community from illegal fringe-dwellers to legitimate traders, from sojourners to settlers, and from living at the outer fringes of the Portuguese empire to being the epicentre […]
CHAPTER TWO In the wake of the early pioneersThe Macaenses are a people who were part of the Portuguese empire. As Portugal exerted administrative control over the infant settlement in Macau, the colonial society that emerged resembled other Portuguese colonies in many respects. In this chapter, we survey the colonialists who could be categorised into
CHAPTER ONEIntroduction The MacaensesOn 19 December 1999, during his final hours as the last Governor of Macau, General Vasco da Rocha Vieira delivered his farewell address to the assembled crowd of local and visiting dignitaries. The South China Morning Post‘s report of the occasion stated:Colonisation was never the aim of the Portuguese, the departing Governor
In search of a better world:a social history of the Macaenses in ChinaCandidate: B. H. M. KooDegree: MA HonoursYear of Submission: 2000University of Western Sydney© Barney Koo, Sydney AustraliaBarney.Koo@Gmail.comContentsTitle pageContent pageSummaryAcknowledgementsAbbreviations used1 IntroductionThe Macaenses – Survival techniques and skills – The contributions of the communities – Literature Review – Aims and scope of the Thesis –
The Story of Arnaldo Frederico da SilvaThe Philippine Revolution: The La Salle Connection[The following is an edited version of an article whose author and publication are obscure. It was written in 1997 in time for the Centennial of the Philippine Revolution. The article was transcribed by Jerome Da Silva, grand-nephew of Arnaldo F. da Silva Sr. Jerome
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BooksLivros e-Bookse-LivrosJ Dyer Ball, Macao the Holy CityJ Dyer Ball, Macao the Holy City (Macau, a Cidade Santa)JP Braga, The Portuguese in Hongkong and China: their beginning, settlement and progress during one hundred years Macau, Fundação Macau, 1998 – First published 1944JP Braga, The Portuguese in Hongkong and China: their beginning, settlement and progress during one
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