It isn't concealed by a remote jungle, or buried beneath avalanche rubble on a mountainside. Yet it is no closer to being found
The Portuguese had no idea what to expect of China. They could not know it was among the world’s most advanced civilizations, supporting modern cities, sophisticated art, thriving commerce, and vast infrastructure. The Portuguese did sense, however, that China was a place of great trading opportunity. So after Portuguese explorers seized the Malaysian city of Malacca in 1511, their King Manuel I tasked them with prying from the locals everything they knew about China.
So Álvares set up base at Tamão. Trade with the Chinese became brisk and lucrative. The Portuguese sold wine and spices, while buying delights like porcelain, pearls, rhubarb, and brocade. De Andrade quickly angered the Chinese. First, he refused to pay taxes, then he assaulted a Chinese official and, finally, he created what Flores described as a “disruptive, militarized presence” at Tamão. It was there he began to build a fortress. In doing so, De Andrade gave China the impression the Portuguese were morphing from friendly traders into aggressive occupiers.
Clustered here are pretty Portuguese plazas, a 19th-century European theater, two Portuguese forts, many grand colonial mansions, and several timeworn Catholic churches. The neat manner in which they blend with Chinese temples and shophouses makes Macau’s old town a joy to traverse on foot.
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