Subsídios para a História dos Portos de Mar de Macau: Séculos XIX e XX — Dos anos 80 aos anos 20
The Inner Harbor of Macau, located in the estuary of the Pearl River downstream from its many tributaries, other waterways, rice paddies, and waste from human settlements, experienced persistent siltation throughout the period of Portuguese presence, a phenomenon that threatened to turn its waters i...
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| Published in: | Review of Culture |
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| Format: | Articles |
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Instituto Cultural de Macau
2020
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| Subjects: |
Assoreamento
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Aterros
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Decadência
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Macau
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Navegação
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Obras
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Opulência
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Política.
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Portos
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Articles
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| Online Access: | https://www.icm.gov.mo/rc/viewer/pdfViewerParts/40062/3942 |
| Summary: | The Inner Harbor of Macau, located in the estuary of the Pearl River downstream from its many tributaries, other waterways, rice paddies, and waste from human settlements, experienced persistent siltation throughout the period of Portuguese presence, a phenomenon that threatened to turn its waters into a sand and mudbank. For much of that time, the authorities in charge of the matter watched impassively as the phenomenon unfolded, occasionally taking only weak measures to remedy it, which proved entirely futile given the true magnitude of the phenomenon. |
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| ISSN: | 1682-1106 |