Nau do Trato

English translation: black ships / kurofune

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Portuguese term or phrase:Nau do Trato
English translation:black ships / kurofune
Entered by: Patricia Franco

19:34 Dec 22, 2013
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Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
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Portuguese term or phrase: Nau do Trato
Macau era um simples local de passagem para os jesuítas com destino ao Japão.
Aqui ficavam algum tempo, em casa de mercadores portugueses, aguardando a partida da Nau do Trato.
Monica Merrill
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:10
black ships / kurofune
Explanation:
navios negros

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Note added at 9 minutos (2013-12-22 19:43:35 GMT)
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Kurofune, literalmente barcos negros (do japonês 黒船) foi o nome dado pelos japoneses aos primeiros navios ocidentais que aportaram no Japão nos séculos XVI e XIX, durante o período Edo.
Em 1543 os portugueses iniciaram os primeiros contatos, estabelecendo uma rota comercial que ligava Goa, via Malaca, a Nagasaki. As grandes carracas envolvidas neste comércio - que os portugueses designavam "nau do trato" - tinham o casco pintado de preto com pez para calafetagem, e o termo passou a designar os navios ocidentais.
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black ships / kurofune


Explanation:
navios negros

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Note added at 9 minutos (2013-12-22 19:43:35 GMT)
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Kurofune, literalmente barcos negros (do japonês 黒船) foi o nome dado pelos japoneses aos primeiros navios ocidentais que aportaram no Japão nos séculos XVI e XIX, durante o período Edo.
Em 1543 os portugueses iniciaram os primeiros contatos, estabelecendo uma rota comercial que ligava Goa, via Malaca, a Nagasaki. As grandes carracas envolvidas neste comércio - que os portugueses designavam "nau do trato" - tinham o casco pintado de preto com pez para calafetagem, e o termo passou a designar os navios ocidentais.


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Ships
Patricia Franco
Brazil
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