Macao, China The European settlement of Macao is included in a small territory towards the southern extremity of a small island of that name, scarcely eight miles in circumference. It was during the short-lived era of their national glory that the Portuguese obtained possession of this spot, by a grant from the court of China; and in the time of Camoens, who passed here five years of his unfortunate life, Macao engrossed the trade of Japan, and carried onan extensive and lucrative intercourse with the Mogulempire. colour print from the book ' A Picturesque Voyage to India by Way of China ' by
Macao, China The European settlement of Macao is included in a small territory towards the southern extremity of a small island of that name, scarcely eight miles in circumference. It was during the short-lived era of their national glory that the Portuguese obtained possession of this spot, by a grant from the court of China; and in the time of Camoens, who passed here five years of his unfortunate life, Macao engrossed the trade of Japan, and carried onan extensive and lucrative intercourse with the Mogulempire. colour print from the book ' A Picturesque Voyage to India by Way of China ' by Thomas Daniell, and William Daniell, London : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, and William Daniell by Thomas Davison, 1810. The Daniells' original watercolors for the scenes depicted herein are now at the Yale Center for British Art, Department of Rare Books and Manuscripts,
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Location: China
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