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The Portuguese in Ming China: Macau and the Canton Trade
In Episode 23 of The History of Portugal, Lucas and Luna dive into the tangled story of how a small Portuguese foothold on the Pearl River Delta grew into Macau, the longest-lasting European colony in China. We trace the first Portuguese landing at Tamão in 1513, the disastrous embassy of Tomé Pires that ended in a Beijing prison, and the 'luso-Chinese' accommodation that allowed traders to settle on a barren peninsula in exchange for tribute and cooperation with the Canton system. We meet the merchant-mandarin Leonor de Sousa, who negotiated the first legal trading rights; the…
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