@book{dc8928edf7104ca2b7173c5215f78a8f,
title = "Strangers at the Heavenly Court: The 1517 Portuguese Embassy to China",
abstract = "This open access book examines the first modern diplomatic contact between Europe and East Asia: the 1517 Portuguese embassy to China. The experience did not end well, for in 1521, the Ming Court decided to cut off relations, and a battle broke out between the Guangdong and Portuguese fleets. This work seeks to explain why this happened. Making extensive use of both Chinese and Western archival sources, it proposes a new interpretation—one that breaks with the traditional “clash of civilizations” viewpoint and focuses instead on the diversity of actors and the complex relationships between them.",
keywords = "History of China, History of Portugal, European Age of Exploration, Colonialism, Sino-European Relations, Ming Dynasty, Tributary System, Maritime Ban",
author = "Fujitani, \{James Masaki\}",
year = "2026",
doi = "10.1007/978-981-95-2701-4",
language = "English",
isbn = "9789819527007",
volume = "1",
series = " Palgrave Studies in Comparative Global History ",
publisher = "Palgrave Macmillian",
}
