Consulta do Conselho Ultramarino a D. João IV, rei de Portugal sobre a remessa para a China de dez peças de artilharia de bronze de 10 a 12 de calibre, em navios particulares
This archival fragment comprises a complex, multilayered Portuguese colonial administrative document originating from the Estado da Índia and Lisbon-based institutions between 1643 and 1668, preserved in the Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino (AHU). It includes a 21 June 1643 directive from the Council o...
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| Format: | Manuscripts |
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1643-12-22
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| Subjects: |
Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino
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Cabo Verde
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Casa da Índia
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Council of the Faith and Treasury
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Customs Post Establishment
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Diu
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Enslaved African Labour
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Estado da Índia
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India Trade Regulation
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João de Brito
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Mountainous Region Deployment
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Mozambique
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Palaeographic complexity
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Physical Damage
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Portuguese Colonial Administration
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Portuguese Colonial Archives
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Royal Commission
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Transoceanic Enslavement
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Manuscripts
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| Online Access: | https://macau-legacy.usj.edu.mo/docs/N6WZ27M7/viewer_N6WZ27M7.html |
| Summary: | This archival fragment comprises a complex, multilayered Portuguese colonial administrative document originating from the Estado da Índia and Lisbon-based institutions between 1643 and 1668, preserved in the Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino (AHU). It includes a 21 June 1643 directive from the Council of the Faith and the Treasury—signed by Joana y Nez and António de Almeida on behalf of João de Brito—authorising the deployment of enslaved African men engaged in the India trade to a mountainous region (*aquella serra*), contingent upon submission of ten certified attestations and the conveyance of twelve *tés* (c. 14.4 kg) of calibre. A further component, dated 18 October 1668 at the Casa da Índia, records a royal commission (*medeiro*) issued under royal authority (*orhonēns*), mandating an unmarried official—Clo de Souza—to establish a customs post (*sanisos*) in Cavar (interpreted as Cabo Verde or a coastal settlement in Portuguese India), with explicit prohibition against proceeding to China and instructions to ensure unimpeded dispatches to Mozambique and preparation for onward passage to Diu. The matter was deliberated by the Mesa da Consciência e Ordens and referenced Father António Vieira’s recommendation concerning royal vessels bound for China via India and Macau. Accompanying marginalia and scribal notes—including illegible fragments, orthographic variants, and palaeographic uncertainties—reflect the documentary practices of 17th-century Portuguese imperial administration and necessitate cautious, evidence-based transcription rather than speculative translation. Obs.: Resolução favorável do rei. Aviso ao Conselho da Fazenda. Anexas duas folhas com informações sobre o assunto. |
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