Consulta do Conselho Ultramarino a D. João IV, rei de Portugal sobre a partida de dois navios para a China, o envio do embaixador e sobre o comércio com a China e o Japão
This archival document, dated Lisbon, 24 December 1733, is an official minute and formal representation (*artelouo Represente*) submitted by a colonial administrative council to the Viceroy or Secretary of State concerning the delayed dispatch of a Portuguese naval expedition to China. The mission i...
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1643-12-24
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| Subjects: |
Administrative Irregularities in Portuguese Asia
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Ambassadorial Mission Provisioning
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Artelouo Represente
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Colonial Administrative Council Correspondence
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Delayed Expedition Dispatch
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Diplomatic Reassertion of Macau
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Goa-to-Macau Voyage
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Lisbon Naval Preparations
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Macau Crown Administration
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Monsoon-Dependent Sailing
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Portuguese Maritime Logistics
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Portuguese Naval Expedition to China
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Viceroy Correspondence
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Manuscripts
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| Online Access: | https://macau-legacy.usj.edu.mo/docs/SAUNACVH/viewer_SAUNACVH.html |
| Summary: | This archival document, dated Lisbon, 24 December 1733, is an official minute and formal representation (*artelouo Represente*) submitted by a colonial administrative council to the Viceroy or Secretary of State concerning the delayed dispatch of a Portuguese naval expedition to China. The mission involved two ships prepared in Lisbon, intended to convey an ambassador and reassert Macau’s status as a Crown-administered city (*Cidade Real*), thereby addressing administrative irregularities and commercial disruptions there. Central objectives included reopening and securing the trade in *já-pão* (high-grade Indian cotton cloth), safeguarding Macau, and protecting broader Portuguese commercial interests in China. Logistical constraints—particularly delays in outfitting the ambassador and provisioning coal, victuals, and other supplies stipulated by the Royal Ordinances (*Pactos e Capítulos Pelos Quais se Regulavam os Aprovisionamentos e Serviços Navais*)—threatened adherence to the monsoon sailing window, with departure from Goa required by 25 October to ensure safe passage to Macau. Risks of diversion to Morandique (likely Morondava or Mauritius) and concerns over crew misconduct—including private trading in Macau, Goa, and at the *Pucho* trading post—were raised, alongside allegations against Luís da Cazia of unlawfully occupying a shipyard at Pisca (a coastal settlement near Goa). The document urges immediate referral to both the submitting Council and the Council of Finance, with binding decrees to be issued no later than month’s end, and notes related administrative matters concerning Monte Alão and the Parish of Vinte a Cheria. Obs.: Resolução favorável do rei. |
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