RELAÇÃO DAS COISAS DO SUL, 1664南方風物志 1664
This article examines the account of the affairs of the South, as described by Francisco Vieira de Figueiredo in 1664, offering an analysis of the political, economic, and maritime situation in the South China Sea region during the seventeenth century. Drawing on a biography of the Portuguese advent...
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| Published in: | Review of Culture |
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Instituto Cultural de Macau
October 2004
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| Online Access: | https://www.icm.gov.mo/rc/viewer/pdfViewerParts/40012/3835 |
| Summary: | This article examines the account of the affairs of the South, as described by Francisco Vieira de Figueiredo in 1664, offering an analysis of the political, economic, and maritime situation in the South China Sea region during the seventeenth century. Drawing on a biography of the Portuguese adventurer and merchant, the study highlights his diplomatic and commercial missions with Asian powers and the Dutch, as well as his observations on the conflicts and the decline of international trade in the region, including the impact of the cessation of trade with Japan and the strategies of resistance adopted by the Portuguese in the face of Dutch and Chinese advances. The narrative reveals the resilience of Portuguese activities in the area, even in the face of difficulties imposed by political conflicts and the presence of rival powers, such as the Dutch, who held strategic bases in the region. Using primary sources, above all Vieira de Figueiredo's account, and Boxer's biography, the article analyses the context of European encounters and missed connections in the South China Sea, highlighting the survival strategies of the Portuguese elites and the complexity of international relations in that period. It concludes by emphasising the importance of these accounts for understanding the Portuguese persistence in the region and the power dynamics among European and Asian nations in the seventeenth century. |
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| ISSN: | 1682-1106 |