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The Defences of Macau: Forts, Ships and Weapons over 450 years

Richard J. Garrett

Print publication date: 2010

Print ISBN-13: 9789622099937

Published to Hong Kong Scholarship Online: September 2011

DOI: 10.5790/hongkong/9789622099937.001.0001

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The Years of Peace

The Years of Peace

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(p.61) Chapter 4 The Years of Peace
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The Defences of Macau
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Richard J. Garrett

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Hong Kong University Press
DOI:10.5790/hongkong/9789622099937.003.0004

This chapter examines fortification in Macau during the years of peace in the eighteenth century. During this period, the construction of forts stopped. This may have been due to the fact that at this time there was no obvious threat from other European nations. In addition, the Portuguese authorities at home were less interested in Macau because gold had been discovered in Brazil and it became the first priority of Portugal's rulers.

Keywords:   fortification, Macau, Europeans, Portuguese, gold, Brazil

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