Ofício do magistrado do distrito de Xiangshan, Jiang, ao procurador de Macau, sobre o inquérito ao caso dos cinco franceses que foram roubados por navios ingleses, em Java, e que apanharam um navio de mercadoria inglês de Batávia a Macau
This archival document is an imperial mandate issued on 5 July 1745 (seventh day of the seventh lunar month of the Qianlong 10th year) by the Acting Governor-General of Guangdong and Guangxi, Cè Huì, transmitted through the Provincial Administration Commissioner’s Office to Jiang, Magistrate of Xian...
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1745-08-04
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| Subjects: |
Batavia (Bāguó/Àowō)
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Canton System enforcement
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Cè Huì
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Dutch East India Company (VOC)
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Gan’aihu
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Guangdong Naval Command
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Harro (Hāluō)
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Imperial Mandate of 1745
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Jiang (Xiangshan Magistrate)
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Karimata Strait (Karaba)
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Lu Zhifang
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Macau–Qing diplomatic protocol
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Sino–Dutch maritime relations
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Wu Zhu
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Xiangshan Coastal Defence Command
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Manuscripts
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| Online Access: | https://macau-legacy.usj.edu.mo/docs/XA2G3A8Z/viewer_XA2G3A8Z.html |
| Summary: | This archival document is an imperial mandate issued on 5 July 1745 (seventh day of the seventh lunar month of the Qianlong 10th year) by the Acting Governor-General of Guangdong and Guangxi, Cè Huì, transmitted through the Provincial Administration Commissioner’s Office to Jiang, Magistrate of Xiangshan County, Guangzhou Prefecture. It concerns the arrival in Macau of a Dutch merchant vessel under Captain Harro (‘Hāluō’) and an accompanying Dutch warship commanded by ‘Gan’aihu’, both operating under the authority of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). The document records reports from Lu Zhifang, Deputy Commander of the Xiangshan Coastal Defence Command, and Wu Zhu, Acting Chief Military Officer of the Guangdong Naval Command, detailing the presence of five *Fólóshěn* (Western European, specifically Dutch VOC) merchants—Wèidá Nán, Wèidá Nǎ, Wèilàohǎn, and two unnamed servants—who claimed to have been seized by a Dutch vessel near the Karimata Strait (rendered as ‘Karaba’ or ‘Kariba’) in December 1744 and taken to Batavia (*Bāguó*/*Àowō*), before being conveyed to Guangzhou aboard Harro’s ship to locate their chief factor (*Dàbān*), identified as *Láodānglǐ* (likely Jan Albertszoon Laatdang), reportedly resident in Macau. The mandate directs urgent investigation into the identities, credibility of testimony, and motives of all involved parties, surveillance of Dutch vessels anchored near the Jiujiao Islands and Macau, verification of *Láodānglǐ*’s residence and conduct, and immediate reporting to provincial and viceregal authorities. |
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