THE PORTUGUESE, THE MARITIME SILK ROAD AND MACAO’S CONNECTION WITH THE PHILIPPINES IN THE LATE MING DYNASTY

This article interrogates how the Portuguese, leveraging the Cape route and the Maritime Silk Road, linked Europe with China and, crucially, Macao’s connection to the Philippines during the late Ming dynasty. It argues that Portuguese expansion did not overturn pre‑existing Asian trade systems but r...

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Published in:Review of Culture
Main Author: Rui D’Ávila Lourido
Format: Articles
Published: Instituto Cultural de Macau April 2002
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Online Access:https://www.icm.gov.mo/rc/viewer/pdfViewerParts/40002/2663