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JESUS MARIA (Fr. José de). AZIA Sinica e Japonica. Macau. 1941. - JESUS MARIA (Fr. José de) AZIA Sinica e Japonica . Obra póstuma e inédita do Frade Arrábido José de Jesus Maria editada pelo Major C. R. Boxer. Vol. I. Macau: Escola Tipográfica do Oratório de S. J. Bosco (Salesianos), 1941. 260 pp.: il.; 250 mm. First edition of the posthumous and unpublished work of the Franciscan friar José de Jesus Maria, written during his stay in Macau between 1742 and 1746, printed and annotated by then Major CR Boxer, one of the first major editorial works by the British historian on the Portuguese presence in East Asia. The Chinese and Japanese Azia constitutes an important chronicle of the ecclesiastical and civil history of Macau and of the Portuguese presence in China and Japan in the mid-18th century, including information on the diocesan organization, religious colleges, population, and commerce of the city. It remained in manuscript and unknown until this edition, published in two volumes, the second of which was only released in 1950. A rare work of great interest to the history of Macau and the Portuguese presence in the Far East. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate