Contents:First Contacts, 1513-57: The Arrival of the 'Barbarian Devils' from the West
Two Early Hearsay Accounts
The Expedition of Femao Peres de Andrade
A Brother's Disruption: Simao de Andrade
The Disastrous Expeditions of 1521 and 1522
The Fateful Embassy of Tome Fires
Trade, Smuggling and Piracy from Precarious Toeholds (1523-57)
A Civilization Observed: Imperial Ming China in the Sixteenth Century
Physical and Economic Geography
Government, Administration and Welfare
Society
Chinese and Other Religions
Language and the World of the Intellect
The Portuguese Settle in Macau: The Early Years
The Settlement in Macau
'Foreign Devils'
Portuguese Opposition to Spanish Interference
The Jesuits seen as a Portuguese Reconnaissance Expedition
The Macau Trade: European Goods Sought in Beijing and Suzhou
The Portuguese of Macau Support the Jesuit Missions
Confrontation with the Dutch
Confrontation with the Chinese
The Jesuit Missions in China: The Portuguese Contribution
Father Antdnio de Almeida and Father Michele Ruggieri
Father Antonio de Almeida and Father Matteo Ricci
Father Duarte de Sande and Father Matteo Ricci
Father Joao Soeiro and the Nanchang Mission
Father Joao da Rocha and the Nanjing Mission
Father Manuel Dias and Financial Support from Macau
Father Manuel Dias as Rector of the Three Southern Residences
Father Alessandro Valignano Loosens the Links with Macau
The Quest for Cathay: The Odyssey of Brother Bento de Gois
G6is Receives News about the Jesuits in Beijing
G6is Reaches the Great Wall of China
G6is Sends Letters to the Beijing Mission
The Rescue Dash of Joao Femandes and the Death of Brother Bento
The Surviving Documents Relating to the Quest
Macau in the Late 1630s: Three Complementary Accounts
Macau's Location and its Built Environment
Revenues, Dues, Produce and Trade
Shipping in Macau Waters
Macau's Mixed Society and its Social Activities
The Portuguese, the Dutch and the Chinese
Macau and Manchu China
Ecclesiastical and Social Irregularities
The Embassy of Manuel de Saldanha (1666-70)
The Decline of Macau and the Increase in Violence
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