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I don't think NS was ever part of the Portuguese Empire. Can you reference this? Andrew⁶⁴⁷ 23:04, 11 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Seen. Thanks for pointing that out. Something new I learned! Andrew⁶⁴⁷ 01:45, 12 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I posted the following at Dejima talk:Dejima, but it may have escaped your notice:

I don't see how Dejima could be understood to have been a Portugese colony; but if there were some source which supported that perceived construct, the discovery would be a real eye-opener. Frankly, I'd rather be wrong than right on this one. Bluedenim added Dejima to the category of Former Portuguese colonies; and I reverted that edit.

• (cur) (last) 17:37, 16 October 2007 Ooperhoofd (Talk | contribs) (29,451 bytes) (Undid revision 164938299 by Bluedenim (talk)never a colony--see Dejima talk page) (undo)
• (cur) (last) 12:30, 16 October 2007 Bluedenim (Talk | contribs) (29,491 bytes) (added Category:Former Portuguese colonies) (undo)

In the undo-edit summary, I invited further discussion here. --Ooperhoofd 17:48, 16 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The Portuguese first arrived in Japan in 1542 (on the island Tanegashima). Later they were allowed to set up a trading post on the island Hirado (in front of the southern island Kyushu). The Portuguese sent each year a ship from their Chinese settlement Macao to this island, trading silk for silver. Their missionary work brought them in conflict first with Toyotomo Hideyoshi and later his successor Tokugawa Ieyasu. The Dutch ship "De Liefde", chartered by the Flemish merchants Pieter van der Hagen and Johan van der Veeken, arrived in 1598 in Japan. The English helmsman Will Adams could convince the shogun that the Dutch had a different religion than the Portuguese. Portuguese trade was restricted in 1603. Several missionaries were executed. Quaeckernaeck, captain of de Liefde obtained a trade permit from the shogun in 1605. The English also obtained a trade permit in 1613 but withdrew in 1623. The Spanish, who operated from Manila, also stopped trade with Japan in 1624. The Portuguese came under strict control in 1623. The shogun ordered in 1634 the construction of Dejima, an artificial island in the bay of Nagasaki to house the Portuguese. After the quelling of the Shimibara rebellion in 1637, all trade relations with the Portuguese were forbidden. From then on, the Dutch moved to Dejima. During all these years, the Portuguese could never claim to possess a colony in Japan. On the contrary, the Portuguese were strictly controlled by the shogun. JoJan 20:22, 16 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

JoJan -- yes. That was an excellent and remarkably concise summary of the history of Portugese trade. You have indeed delivered a perceptive narrative of well-accepted facts; but it happens that Bluedenim is a Wikipedian from Portugal. Our understanding of Kyushu's chronology of historical events is coherent, plain, accepted; but I suppose it may well be that there were those in Portugal or Rome who -- in the 16th-17th centuries, perhaps -- did construe something they called a "colony" at Nagasaki ...? If so, wouldn't you rather be wrong than right on this one -- if only for the sense of astonished surprise? Do you see my point?

This sounds a little bit like the kind of "counter-historical" exercise Niall Ferguson proposed at Oxford a few years ago.

• See: Counterfactual history

On the other hand, it's probably nothing more than a simple mistake. I dunno. In any case, this edit did capture my imagination a little bit.--Ooperhoofd 21:59, 16 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The fact-of-the-matter is that I'm really interested in this ... --Ooperhoofd 21:12, 17 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please discuss here: Template_talk:Portuguese_overseas_empire#Incorrect_template. — Indon (reply) — 08:24, 18 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I wonder if this tangential Portugese connection with Dejima will be of interest to you?

Isaac Titsingh was one of the VOC men in the far east who returned to Europe in the late 1790s after the Napoleonic Wars had effectively destroyed the company. For a time, Titsingh had headed the outpost at Dejima. When Titsingh arrived in London, he was invited to join the Royal Society. It happens that the founder of a similar scientific society in Lisbon, José Correa de Serra, joined others in nominating Titsingh for membership. --Ooperhoofd 13:19, 21 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I was reading the discussion page of Marbella (Wikipedia in Spanish), and one user said that Marbella, does not have a flag, only the shield. Louis Du Pasquier —Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.18.142.48 (talk) 14:13, 18 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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