Awards Condecorações Here we list Macanese (and their spouses and ancestors) who have received a National Honour by appointment to one or more National Orders at the level of Member of the British Empire or higher. (The list is incomplete: it has yet to include many military medals and Papal Honours.)Aqui listamos os macaenses (e […]
The Spy who Never came back Pêro da Covilhã by Frederic (Jim) Silva In the true tales of high adventure the story of Marco Polo’s travels have been indelibly recorded in history. But few have ever heard of one Pêro da Covilhã.And yet Pêro da Covilhã’s travels and exploits can come a
History Historia The Portuguese settled in Macau in 1557 as part of a global network of trading and missionary posts. Its main activities were trade and commercce but there was some industry: its artisans cast bronze cannons and produced intricate metalwork, while local shipbuilders developed the lorcha — a hybrid vessel combining Portuguese and
Nobres Nobles See all pages tagged NoblesVeja todas as páginas com a tag Nobres → A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Here we list ancestors and spouses of Macanese who were nobles. Aqui listamos os antepassados e os cônjuges de macaenses
THE OMURA MANUSCRIPT RELATING TO A PORTUGUESE SHIP ENTERING NAGASAKI WITH SHIPWRECKED JAPANESE FROM MACAO IN 1685 By Dr Chozo Muto Professor Emeritus of the History of Economics, Commercial History and Transportation in the Nagasaki Higher Commercial College, Nagasaki, JapanThis article was originally published in Pela Patria, a Magazine of the Portuguese community in Shanghai,
The Story of Arnaldo Frederico da Silva The 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.
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The Portuguese Insurrecto Rolando F Villacorte Edited version of an article on Arnaldo Frederico da Silva Idolizing Rizal, a Portuguese youth left Hongkong to settle in Manila at the invitation of the hero, only to find himself in the vortex of a Revolution and a member of the underground.Recorded Philippine history
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Portuguese in Shanghai The Portuguese population of Shanghai was monitored by the Shanghai Municipal Government. It rose from 6 in 1850 to a peak of 2281 after World War II. Statistics are plotted in this graph. The book Portuguese in Shanghai by Wang Zhicheng (Fundação Macau, 1998 – which was apparently never published) records much valuable