CHAPTER VI Recourse to Macao during the Anglo-Chinese War – Captain Elliot’s Memorable Proclamation Shortly before 1839 a series of incidents in Canton, with and without official connivance, were shaping events of far-reaching consequence. These events finally resolved themselves into the establishment of a British settlement at Hongkong and, as it proved in later years, […]
CHAPTER V Dutch and English envious of Portuguese trade No account of international relations in the East can overlook the fact that the death of King Sebastian of Portugal in 1580 leaving no issue, and the usurpation of the Portuguese Throne by the King of Spain, involved the Portuguese colonies in the quarrels between Spain
CHAPTER IV Services of the Jesuits to China. Subordination of Portugal’s National Interests. The program of carrying out, with patience and fortitude, the Divine mission, not infrequently at the cost of physical suffering and even death, in pursuance of their task to win adherents to the Christian faith, constitutes a glorious chapter in the annals
CHAPTER 3 Ecclesiastical patronage Padroado and the Jesuits College at Macao From his eyrie at Sagres Prince Henry was ever looking with visionary eyes southward, seeing the cities of the unknown world opening before him, and travelling in his imagination along the coast of his dreams, voyaging in his mind to the uttermost limits of
CHAPTER II The Portuguese impress the Chinese who desire Peace and Friendship with Portugal Raphael Perestrello, a factor, was sent in 1515 with orders to conduct trade in China. He travelled in a junk, and returned with a rich cargo and the news that the Chinese desired peace and friendship with Portugal and that they
CHAPTER I Early Portuguese Voyages of Discovery of a Sea Route to China It is in no spirit of idle boastfulness that this modest volume is introduced to its readers with a quotation from the famous Portuguese poet Camoens: “E se mais mundo houvera, lá chegara.” (“If there had been more of the world, they
THE PORTUGUESE IN HONG KONG AND CHINA By J. P. Braga First published in 1944 and reprinted in 1978 and 1998; published on the internet circa 2009. Editorial Note: This is the 1944 version. J.P. Braga did not complete this booklet before his death. J.M. “Jack” Braga edited and published this work after his father’s
CHAPTER VIII The Rise of Hongkong – Early Portuguese Settlers The ill favour with which the early British residents of Hongkong viewed the prospects of the new settlement was reflected in despatches to the British Government in London, and can also be gathered from newspaper reports by men who doubted that the island of Hongkong
The Happy Valley Race Course Fire of 1918Roy Eric XavierApril 2012This article appears in the website Far East Currents, created by Dr Roy Eric Xavier of University of California Berkeley, who is devoted to research on the Portuguese community in Hong Kong. Dr Xavier has kindly given permission for it to be reproduced here.PreludeThe late winter
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How the Post reported Hong Kong’s first Olympics team Andrew Sheets SCMP 4 Aug 2016 In 1950, the clubs of the Hong Kong Amateur Swimming Association banded together for a gala to raise HK$10,000 to send the territory’s first Olympians, “seven men, ve women, and one coach/manager” to the Games. The effort fell short
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