Licença de navegação do mandarim da alfândega de Cantão, Li, ao mercador e armador, João Botelho, para ir a Luzon tratar de comércio
This abstract describes a dual-component historical document comprising two distinct Canton Customs permits from the Qing and late Qing periods, preserved as a single archival item (T18). The first is a 1758 (Qianlong 23) imperial permit issued by Li, Assistant Director of the Imperial Household Dep...
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| Format: | Manuscripts |
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1758-03-04
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| Subjects: |
Canton Customs Permits
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Guangdong Archival Item T18
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Imperial Household Department Oversight
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Late Qing Customs Administration
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Li Hongzhang Customs Authority
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Macau Access Permit
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Manila-Bound Vessel Licence
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Portuguese Merchant Documentation
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Qianlong Era Imperial Authorisation
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Qing Dynasty Trade Regulation
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Yuehai Guan Seal
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Manuscripts
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| Online Access: | https://macau-legacy.usj.edu.mo/docs/3R26RNVT/viewer_3R26RNVT.html |
| Summary: | This abstract describes a dual-component historical document comprising two distinct Canton Customs permits from the Qing and late Qing periods, preserved as a single archival item (T18). The first is a 1758 (Qianlong 23) imperial permit issued by Li, Assistant Director of the Imperial Household Department and Imperially Appointed Superintendent of Canton Customs, authorising the foreign merchant João Monteiro—master of a vessel bound for Manila—to proceed to Macau following completion of customs formalities at Canton; it specifies regulatory conditions regarding navigation, verification at checkpoints, armament (10 small and 15 large cannons), crew (49 persons), provisions (22 *dan* and 5 *sheng* rice), and prohibitions on contraband. The second component is a late 19th-century (Guangxu reign) customs receipt issued by the Canton Maritime Customs at Five Immortals Gate, Guangdong, certifying payment of 404 silver taels ($404.00 Mexican dollars) in duties by the Chinese vessel *Xinning*, master Huang [illegible], under the authority of Li Hongzhang as Imperial Commissioner and Superintendent of Customs Affairs in Guangdong Province. Both documents bear the official *Yuehai Guan* seal and reflect institutional practices of maritime regulation, fiscal administration, and Sino-foreign commercial oversight in South China between the mid-eighteenth and late nineteenth centuries. |
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