The coins became an important source of information about the trade and economy of the Portuguese Empire, with inscriptions and designs instrumental in dating the shipwreck to the early 1530s.

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What was initially a trading post administered by the Portuguese empire since the 16th century was then handed back to China in 1999. This historical relationship cemented a gateway between two ...

Macao became a colony of the Portuguese empire back in 1557 when merchants established on-shore trading depots as a base for operations in China. Wives and servants of Portuguese sailors were ...