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The affair of the "Madre de Deus" : a chapter in the history of the Portuguese in Japan /

The fact that the Portuguese opened up the Far East to European maritime enterprise is well known, but the prosperity to which their trade attained in that region is less so, as historians have tended to dwell on the English or Dutch activities. The period of Luso-Japanese trade is therefore of inte...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Boxer, C. R. (Charles Ralph), 1904-2000
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2011.
Series:Routledge library editions. Japan ; v. 26.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Portuguese intercourse with Japan at the commencement of the XVIIth century
  • The siege of Malacca by the Dutch
  • Matelieff's China voyage
  • André Pessoa and the loss of the "Madre de Deus"
  • The resumption of Portuguese trade with Japan
  • Appendix I. Charlevoix's account of the loss of the "Madre de Deus"
  • Appendix II. Narrative of the journey to Japan in 1609 / Hendrik Van Raay
  • Appendix III. Grant of the captaincy of Muscat to André Pessoa
  • Appendix IV. Royal regulations on the Jesuit trade in Japan
  • Appendix V. The Japanese in Malacca 1614-1615
  • Appendix VI. A note on the "Madre de Deus"
  • Appendix VII. Translation of an extract from a letter of Jacques Specx, Dutch factor in Japan, dated Nagasaki, 3rd November, 1610.