Fernão Pires de Andrade
✓ Source-basedrisingPortuguese merchant/pharmacist/diplomat
Historical FiguresLived 1450 to 1552 · aged 102
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Fernão Pires de Andrade was a Portuguese merchant, pharmacist, and diplomat who worked under the explorer and colonial administrator Afonso de Albuquerque.
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Afonso de Albuquerque, who launched the attack to conquer the Malacca Sultanate and commissioned the first direct European maritime contacts with China during the Ming dynasty.
Manuel I of Portugal, who commissioned Andrade's mission to China.
The Ryukyu Islands, where Jorge de Mascarenhas was sent by Andrade.
The Zhengde Emperor, who accepted the Portuguese embassy but died before he could finalize relations with Portugal, hence dooming the embassy as conservative factions at court in Beijing were aligned against those who conquered the Ming's loyal tributary vassal in Malacca.
Map of Macau Peninsula in 1639, long after the first Portuguese settlement there and in the same year that the city began to decline due to halt of trade shipments from Japan.Historical Figures born in the 1450s 6
About this person
Fernão Pires de Andrade was a Portuguese merchant, pharmacist, and diplomat who worked under the explorer and colonial administrator Afonso de Albuquerque. His encounter with Ming China in 1517 - after initial contacts by Jorge Álvares and Rafael Perestrello in 1513 and 1516, respectively - marked the resumption of direct European commercial and diplomatic contact with China.
Category
Historical Figures
Type
Historical Figure
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1450 to 1552 · aged 102
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13 languages
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