An account by the Italian traveler Marco d'Avalo describes the panic caused by Cornelis Reyersen's 1622 attack on this colony
An account by the Italian traveler Marco d'Avalo describes the panic caused by Cornelis Reyersen's 1622 attack on this colony, where local Christian converts were called jurubassas. Thirteen years later its inhabitants tried to acquire more artillery by smuggling guns past a Dutch blockade in English ships like the London, which brought Peter Mundy to this colony. A tax known as the "Cauldron" was levied on this colony's trade, which centered on sandalwood voyages to Solor and Timor after the collapse of trade to Nagasaki in 1639. Francisco de Mascarenhas was the first captain-general of this colony, which served as a refuge for those persecuted by the Inquisition in Goa. It became a Special Administrative Region with the transfer of power in 1999. For 10 points, name this former Portuguese colony, located across the Pearl River delta from Hong Kong.
An account by the Italian traveler Marco d'Avalo describes the panic caused by Cornelis Reyersen's 1622 attack on this colony, where local Christian converts were called jurubassas.
Macao [or Macau]