Individual itineraries and the circulation of scientific and technical knowledge in East Asia (16th–20th centuries)

Project director : Catherine Jami (SPHERE); Jean-Pierre Dedieu (LARHRA)

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fichoz ID00000491
NameTomé Pires
BiographicalNumber of events=2

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1516=00=00

Appointment as first Portuguese envoy to China. Arrived on the ship commanded by Fernão Peres de Andrade.

Guangzhou 廣州 (Guangdong)
1517=00=00
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1518=00=00

Eyewitness to arrival of Portuguese fleet of Fernão Peres de Andrade; wrote about him and Tomé Pires, and wrote that in 1518 Andrade went to Melaka. Portuguese cannons were used in his army to suppress rebellions, so there was transfer of technology.

Tomé Pires

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