Question

Describe the interaction between the Ming Dynasty and the Portuguese between 1513 and 1537.

Answer 1

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Step-by-step explanation:

The Portuguese first stepped onto Chinese territory in May 1513, at Guangzhou, and that year erected a stone marker and claimed the nearby island of Nei Lingding for the Portuguese king, Manuel I. The king sent a trade mission in 1517 and the Portuguese created a trade center at Nei Lingding. The Emperor Zhengde died in April 1521. The Ming court lost interest in new foreign contacts, and there were reports of misbehavior by the Portuguese. Interested in profit, the Portuguese are accused of having kidnapped Chinese children to sell at their base more than a couple thousands miles away in Malacca, in what today is Malaysia. The Chinese believed that the Portuguese roasted and ate the Chinese children they had kidnapped, and they blocked the Portuguese. China had a fleet of about fifty ships, and they defeated the Portuguese force. Only a few Portuguese managed to escape – back to Malacca. The Chinese resisted any attempt by the Portuguese to return, but following a Portuguese shipwreck in 1535, Portuguese traders were allowed to anchor ships in Macau's harbors and allowed to trade, but at first they were not allowed to stay onshore. In 1537 the Portuguese were able to establish a little colony at Macau to be administered by Chinese authorities.

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Answer 2

Portugal established trading activities in China in 1513 when Jorge Alvares arrived.

In 1517 the King sent a mission and created a trade center at Nei Lingding.

Portugal and Ming Dynasty relationship gradually expanded but was deteriorated when Simão de Andrade arrived at Guangzhou in 1519. He violated their customs and laws, so Chinese people reacted by killing several Portuguese in the streets.

In 1521 the Emperor Zhengde died and the Ming Court lost interest in having relations with foreign countries.

There were two battles:

In 1521, every Portuguese vessel was confiscated and Chinese defeated a Portuguese fleet at The First Battle of Tamao

In 1522, Martim Alfonso de Merlo Coutinho was sent to establish diplomatic relations but the Chinese defeated them at The Second Battle of Tamao.

The Chinese resisted any Portuguese attempt to return. But in 1535 Portuguese Port Traders were allowed to anchor ships in Macau´s harbors and they could trade. Finally, in 1537 the Portuguese establish a little Colony at Macau to be administered by Chinese authorities.