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Old 26th February 2011, 06:58 PM   #3
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Also Captain General Dom Francisco Mascarenhas, in 13 October 1623 signed contract with two 'Chinas', gentiles from Cabello, called Quinquo e Hiaoxon, for the casting of cannons in the colony of Macau.
Such Sino-Portuguese workshop was long time directed directed by the famous Portuguese Bocarro family.
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