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Receitas (traslado) dos empréstimos feitos em Macau ao governador da armada da China, André Dias, para provimento da referida armada

Official copy (*treslado*) of financial receipts from 1613, transcribed in February 1616, documenting loans advanced in Macao for the provisioning of the Portuguese China fleet under Captain-General Miguel de Sousa Pimentel. The documents record multiple transactions administered by André Dias, fact...

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Main Author: André Dias
Format: Manuscripts
Published: 1616-02-10
Subjects:
25% Interest Rate ; André Dias ; Early 17th Century Finance ; Estevão Borges ; Factor and Governor ; Financial Receipts ; Fleet Provisioning ; Formal Debt Acknowledgements ; Francisco Duarte ; Francisco de Sá ; Galleon São Bento ; João Francisco Sem Biques ; Liability Declarations ; Loans in Macao ; Macao Financial Hub ; Malacca Repayment ; Manuel Nogueira Dandrade ; Merchant Lenders ; Municipal Council of Macao ; Naval Logistics ; Operational Expenses ; Pardaus ; Portuguese China Fleet ; Transcription 1616 ; Treasury Scrivener ; Manuscripts
Online Access:https://macau-legacy.usj.edu.mo/docs/J4SU2RB9/viewer_J4SU2RB9.html
Summary:Official copy (*treslado*) of financial receipts from 1613, transcribed in February 1616, documenting loans advanced in Macao for the provisioning of the Portuguese China fleet under Captain-General Miguel de Sousa Pimentel. The documents record multiple transactions administered by André Dias, factor (feitor) and governor of the armada, with Francisco Duarte and later Francisco de Sá acting as scriveners. Between October and November 1613, sums totalling over 9,000 pardaus in reais were received from merchants, officials, and private lenders, including funds from the municipal council of Macao and individuals such as Estevão Borges and João Francisco Sem Biques. Loans were issued at an interest rate of twenty-five per cent, repayable in Malacca, with Miguel de Sousa Pimentel personally assuming financial risk aboard the galleon *São Bento*. Entries detail disbursements for fleet maintenance, duties, and operational expenses, with formal acknowledgements of receipt and liability declarations preserved. The original receipts were certified as accurate by Manuel Nogueira Dandrade, scrivener of the Treasury, on 13 February 1616, based on records sent from China by André Dias under warrant from the Chief Purveyor. Held in the Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino (AHU), this document provides critical insight into early 17th-century Luso-Asian maritime finance, colonial administrative practices, and credit mechanisms within the Estado da Índia’s naval operations.
Obs.: Datas extremas dos empréstimos: 1612-12-16 - 1613-11-00.

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