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A view of Macao from the Roads, showing the Praia Grande looking from the Outer Harbour. To the left is Penha Hill with the Chapel and half way down is Bom Parto Fort. Along the skyline St Laurence's Church, St Joseph's Seminary, St Paul's Cathedral, Monte Fort, St Francis Convent and the Guia Hill with chapel and fort, are shown.
A well drawn and engraved view of Macau in the late eighteenth century. This engraving is from the French edition of "Voyages made in the Years 1788 and 1789 from China to the North West Coast of America ...", by John Meares. According to Lust the view of Macao is from an aquatint copy of a sketch made on the spot.
John Meares was engaged in the fur trade from the North West Coast of America to China, more specially to Macao at the end of the eighteenth century. His discoveries in Oregon and British Columbia had important political repercussions, contributing to a crises between Spain and Great Britain over Nootka Sound. One of the immediate consequences was the Vancouver Expedition of 1791-5.
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Voyages De La Chine A La Côte Nord-Ouest D'Amérique, Faits Dans Les Années 1788 Et 1789. Précédés De La Relation D'Un Autre Voyage Exécuté En 1786 Sur Le Vaisseau Nootka, Parti Du Bengale; D'Un Recueil D'Observations Sur La Probabilité D'Un Passage Nord-Ouest; Et D'Un Traité Abrégé Du Commerce Entre c.1795
Lust, John Western Books on China published up to 1850 London,1987.
Chater Collection - Macao - No.6
P5278. Chater VII.6
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