Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- General Editor's Foreword -- Introduction -- 1 First Contacts, 1513-57: The Arrival of the 'Barbarian Devils' from the West -- (a) Two Early Hearsay Accounts -- (b) The Expedition of Fernão Peres de Andrade -- (c) A Brother's Disruption: Simão de Andrade -- (d) The Disastrous Expeditions of 1521 and 1522 -- (e) The Fateful Embassy of Tomé Pires -- (f) Trade, Smuggling and Piracy from Precarious Toeholds (1523-57) -- 2 A Civilization Observed: Imperial Ming China in the Sixteenth Century -- (a) Physical and Economic Geography -- (b) Government, Administration and Welfare -- (c) Society -- (d) Chinese and Other Religions -- (e) Language and the World of the Intellect -- 3 The Portuguese Settle in Macau: The Early Years -- (a) The Settlement in Macau -- (b) 'Foreign Devils' -- (c) Portuguese Opposition to Spanish Interference -- (d) The Jesuits seen as a Portuguese Reconnaissance Expedition -- (e) The Macau Trade: European Goods Sought in Beijing and Suzhou -- (f) The Portuguese of Macau Support the Jesuit Missions -- (g) Confrontation with the Dutch -- (h) Confrontation with the Chinese -- 4 The Jesuit Missions in China: The Portuguese Contribution -- (a) Father António de Almeida and Father Michele Ruggieri -- (b) Father António de Almeida and Father Matteo Ricci -- (c) Father Duarte de Sande and Father Matteo Ricci -- (d) Father João Soeiro and the Nanchang Mission -- (e) Father João da Rocha and the Nanjing Mission -- (f) Father Manuel Dias and Financial Support from Macau -- (g) Father Manuel Dias as Rector of the Three Southern Residences -- (h) Father Alessandro Valignano Loosens the Links with Macau -- 5 The Quest for Cathay: The Odyssey of Brother Bento de Góis -- (a) Góis Receives News about the Jesuits in Beijing -- (b) Góis Reaches the Great Wall of China