O holandês A. E. van Braam Houckgeest, (1) que foi chefe em Cantão da feitoria da Companhia Holandesa da Índia Oriental (terminou em 1799) e conhecia bem Macau por ter aqui vivido muito tempo (c.1758 – 1773), dedicou 100 páginas a esta terra no 2.º volume (2) da sua obra “Voyage de l´Ambassade de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales Hollandaises vers l´Empereur de la Chines dans les annes 1794 et 1795.” (3) (4)
(1) André Éverard Van Braam Houckgeest (1739-1801);
(2) O Volume II começa com o diário datado de 31 de Janeiro de 1795.
(3) VAN BRAAM HOUCKGEEST, Andreas Everardus – Voyage de l’ambassade de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales hollandaises vers l’empereur de la Chine, dans les années 1794 et 1795. Le tout tiré du Journal d’André Everard Van Braam Houckgeest. Publié en Français par M. L. E. Moreau de SaintMéry, Philadelphia, 1798. (5) Tradução em inglês, em 1798 – An authentic account of the embassy of the Dutch East-India company, to the court of the emperor of China, in the years 1794 and 1795, Vol. I. NOTA : Disponível para leitura em: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=dul1.ark:/13960/t9766fx46&view=1up&seq=330. https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100123369
(4) SILVA, Beatriz Basto da – Cronologia da História de Macau, Vol. 1, 2015, p. 328.
(5) “References to Van Braam’s book are made to this edition, but the text of the quotations is taken from the English edition of 1798, published under the title: An Authentic Account of the Embassy of the Dutch East-India Company to the Court of the Emperor of China, in the Year 1794 and 1795 . . . Taken from the Journal of André Everard Van Braam . . . Translated from the original of M. L, E. Moreau de Saint-Méry. With a correct chart of the Boute. London: Printed by R. PhilUpa, No. 71, Saint Paul’s Churchyard, 1798. Footnote page references are given to both editions. ” https://www.americanantiquarian.org/proceedings/44806869.pdf
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