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There is no doubt that the establishment of St. Paul's College is an important event in the history of Macau. Founded by the Jesuits, Colégio de São Paulo was the first formal higher education institution in the orient. It was established in 1594, and its services ended in 1762. In those years all missionaries who went to spread Christianity in China and the Far East had to come to learn Chinese and oriental languages and cultures. The College also offered courses on western theology, philosophy,...
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For the Portuguese Empire, Macau iwasone major trading port in her marine trading network. Starting from late 16th century to mid 17th century, Portugal was experiencing her golden age in trading and exploration. Since Macau is located in the middle area between Portugal's major trading spots like Nagasaki of Japan, Manila of Philippines, Canton of China and the Malacca, goods to and from around the globe once had concentrated in Macau -- these had brought considerable impact and growth to the local...
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Since the Portuguese had settled, European culture, religion, science, crafts and technologies was starting to entre East Asia. One of these includes European cannon making. In the early years, a Portuguese engineer named Pedro Bocarro established a cannon foundry in Macau in 1557. Bocarro Foundry produced bronze cannons, also iron cannons, gun powder and even bronze bells. The products of the foundry were the finest in the world at that time. Cannons were made and sent to Europe and other parts of the...
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Europe had started several major expeditions for searching new route to the orient since the 15th century. This is called 'The age of discovery'. Two countries had played a major role in this age: Spain and Portuguese. These two Iberian countries had been competing each other since the start of the age. The Spaniard, travelled to the west of Europe to look for the 'West Indies', turned out to discover two new continents named 'The Americas'. While the Portuguese travelled around Africa and opened up a new...
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Povoação de Mong-Há --- Mong Ha Village (望廈村), is one of the 3 earliest Chinese settlements of Macau. It is believed that the villagers were originated from Hokkien/Fujian, an ethics group of South-eastern Chinese Coast. In face the name Mong Ha means 'looking at Xia', which 'Xia' may refer to Xiamen, then city of Fujian. Earliest record of the settlement dates back to 14th century. The location 'Mong Ha' still exist today, but the village was gone in late 19th century when the Portuguese government...
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The time was 16th century, Ming Dynasty in ancient China, as well as the ending decades of the Great Exploration Age of the West. Guangdong, South China. On the west side of the estuary of the Pearl River Delta, west of Hong Kong, south of of Zhuhai, east of Wanchai, there is a small place - a peninsular. Trace of human activities were found in this place since Neolithic Era, but only few entries were found. The story start here, now. It was said that the surrounding water were rich but clam. It was famous...
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