Cover Image

Carta do [vice-rei do Estado da Índia], almirante [D. Francisco da Gama] (conde da Vidigueira), a [D. Filipe III], rei de Portugal e de Espanha, sobre a autorização de uma viagem de Macau para Manila e empregar o lucro obtido na fundição de artilharia para a armada de alto bordo

This archival document comprises a composite set of sixteenth- to seventeenth-century Portuguese colonial administrative records, primarily dated between 2 March 1626 and 6 March 1666, originating from the Estado da Índia and concerning fiscal, maritime, and jurisdictional matters across Macau, Goa,...

Full description

Saved in:
Main Author: D. Francisco da Gama
Format: Manuscripts
Published: 1625-12-15
Subjects:
António d’Tuniera de Moraes ; Archival Annotations ; Cavalry Allowances ; Contractual Proposals ; Council of State Approval ; Count of Vidigueira ; Crown Authority ; Fiscal Arrangements ; Fleet Departure Schedules ; Historical Maritime Logistics ; Iberian Union ; Logistical Planning ; Macau Trade ; Maritime Trade Contracts ; Portuguese Colonial Administration ; Portuguese Estado da Índia ; Records of Negotiations ; Revenue Retention ; Terms and Conditions ; Treasury Officials ; Viceroy Francisco da Gama ; Voyage Levy ; Voyages to Japan ; Voyages to Mozambique ; Xerafins ; Manuscripts
Online Access:https://macau-legacy.usj.edu.mo/docs/AICVCQPV/viewer_AICVCQPV.html
Summary:This archival document comprises a composite set of sixteenth- to seventeenth-century Portuguese colonial administrative records, primarily dated between 2 March 1626 and 6 March 1666, originating from the Estado da Índia and concerning fiscal, maritime, and jurisdictional matters across Macau, Goa, Mozambique, Japan, and associated territories. Key figures include António de Oliveira de Morais, António Armigante, Luís Morguinhão, João Nunes de, João de Soares, Lourenço de Carvalho, and Julião de Campos Barreto; prominent institutional actors are the Council assisting the Governor-General, the Treasury Council (Conselho da Fazenda), the Count of Mirandela, and the Viceroy of India. The core subject matter encompasses contractual arrangements for state-sponsored maritime voyages—particularly the Macau–Japan trade, Mozambique expeditions, and China–Manila commerce—including valuation of cargoes (e.g., 33,000 xerafins for Afonso de Mello de Calão’s Macau voyage), stipulated remuneration for provisioned officials (30,000 xerafins per *largem*), conditional royal approval (*cláusula de aprovação condicional*), and mechanisms for revenue extraction such as the proposed quarter-share (*quarta parte*) of income from the Confraternity of the Immaculate Conception (*as Virgens*). Additional themes include customs administration (establishment of *alfândegas*), regulation of forced labour (*forçados*), fiscal disputes over *faias*, *briga* ceremonial fees, ecclesiastical revenues (*proventos*), and the political status of Macau vis-à-vis Portuguese India. The documents reflect acute fiscal constraints on the royal exchequer, recurrent concerns over revenue leakage to private traders (*Laldardo*), and efforts to balance colonial autonomy with metropolitan control. All materials derive from the Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino and Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal, bearing archival stamps and marginalia confirming provenance and registration. This transcription is intended exclusively for scholarly analysis of Iberian imperial administration, maritime economics, and colonial governance in early modern Asia and Africa.
Obs.: À margem cópia da carta régia de 1625-02-13, Lisboa, em que se recomenda se evite o descaminho dos direitos Anexos: 1625-04-08 - Carta (cópia) do vice-rei do Estado da Índia, [almirante D. Francisco da Gama] (conde de Vidigueira) a [D. Filipe III], rei de Portugal e de Espanha, sobre os moradores de Macau que pretendem sujeitar-se ao Governo de Manila. [post. a 1626-12-09] Parecer (minuta) do Conselho da Fazenda a [D. Filipe III], rei de Portugal e de Espanha, sobre a proibição de comércio entre Macau e as Filipinas e sobre as considerações relativas ao comércio das Índias Ocidentais e Orientais, Manila, Malaca e Goa.

Similar Items