History of Macau: Difference between revisions

They later built some rudimentary stone-houses around the area now called Nam Van. But not until 1557 did the Portuguese establish a permanent settlement in Macau, at an annual rent of 500 [[tael]]s (~{{convert|20|kg|lb}}) of silver.<ref name="Macau a General Introduction">{{cite book |title=Macau: a General Introduction |last=Fung |first=Bong Yin|year=1999|publisher=Joint Publishing (H.K.) Co. Ltd. |location=Hong Kong |isbn=962-04-1642-2|language =zh}}</ref> Later that year, the Portuguese established a walled village there. Ground rent payments began in 1573. China retained sovereignty and Chinese residents were subject to Chinese law, but the territory was under Portuguese administration. In 1582 a land lease was signed, and annual rent was paid to Xiangshan County.{{Citation needed|date=January 2008}} The Portuguese continued to pay an annual tribute up to 1863 in order to stay in Macau.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CioAAAAAQAAJ&q=parthian+despatch+macao&pg=PA522|title=Dictionary of dates, and universal reference. [With]|year=1885|edition=18|page=522|quote=MACAO (in Quang-tong, S. China) was given to the Portuguese as a commercial station in 1586 (in return for their assistance against pirates), subject to an annual tribute, which was remitted in 1863. Here Camoens composed part of the " Lusiad."|author=Joseph Timothy Haydn|access-date=4 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130605111451/http://books.google.com/books?id=CioAAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA522&dq=parthian+despatch+macao&hl=en&ei=5Kq5TomRIKiOSQLe3oWlCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDwQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q&f=false|archive-date=5 June 2013|url-status=live}}(Oxford University)</ref>