← Table of contents
History of the Pirates Who Infested the China Sea From 1807 to 1810

Note 82 — BOOK SECOND.

Karl Friedrich Neumann translation

The most common denomination for Portugal is now Se yang kwŏ, or more correctly Siao se yang kwŏ. "The small realm in the western ocean; Europe is called Ta se yang." (See Preface.) I thought it here more proper to translate E by foreigner, than by barbarian. In a Chinese history of Macao, we find various particulars regarding the Portuguese. The description of the Portuguese clergy and the Roman Catholic religion is the most interesting part of this curious publication. It consists of two parts, or volumes.

Explore with AITake your curiosity a little further.

Reading settings