Strangers at the Heavenly Court: The 1517 Portuguese Embassy to China (Handbuch der gefährlichen Güter) by James Masaki Fujitani
English | November 18, 2025 | ISBN: 9819527007 | 246 pages | True ePUB, PDF | 6.98 Mb
This open access book examines the first modern diplomatic contact between Europe and East Asia: the 1517 Portuguese embassy to China. The experience did not end well, for in 1521, the Ming Court decided to cut off relations, and a battle broke out between the Guangdong and Portuguese fleets. This work seeks to explain why this happened. Making extensive use of both Chinese and Western archival sources, it proposes a new interpretation-one that breaks with the traditional "clash of civilizations" viewpoint and focuses instead on the diversity of actors and the complex relationships between them.
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