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'''Japan's voyage''' or '''Macau Japan Voyage''' (''viagem do Japão'' in Portuguese) was a trade route established by the Portuguese from 1550 to 1639 linking [[Goa]], then capital of the [[Portuguese India]], to Japan. This lucrative annual trip was carried out under monopoly of the Portuguese crown, and was in charge of a Captain general. The charge of [[Captain general]] of the Japan's trip was officially attributed by the [[governor of Portuguese India]] as a reward for services rendered. The large ships involved in this trade were referred to as the ''nau do trato'', the silver ships, China's ships, and became known among the Japanese as [[Black Ships|Kurofune (black ships)]], a term that came to be used to name all Western ships that supplied in Japan during the [[Edo period]]. |
'''Japan's voyage''' or '''Macau Japan Voyage''' (''viagem do Japão'' in Portuguese) was a trade route established by the Portuguese from 1550 to 1639 linking [[Goa]], then capital of the [[Portuguese India]], to Japan. This lucrative annual trip was carried out under monopoly of the Portuguese crown, and was in charge of a Captain general. The charge of [[Captain general]] of the Japan's trip was officially attributed by the [[governor of Portuguese India]] as a reward for services rendered. The large ships involved in this trade were referred to as the ''nau do trato'', the silver ships, China's ships, and became known among the Japanese as [[Black Ships|Kurofune (black ships)]], a term that came to be used to name all Western ships that supplied in Japan during the [[Edo period]]. |
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Japan's voyage or Macau Japan Voyage (viagem do Japão in Portuguese) was a trade route established by the Portuguese from 1550 to 1639 linking Goa, then capital of the Portuguese India, to Japan. This lucrative annual trip was carried out under monopoly of the Portuguese crown, and was in charge of a Captain general. The charge of Captain general of the Japan's trip was officially attributed by the governor of Portuguese India as a reward for services rendered. The large ships involved in this trade were referred to as the nau do trato, the silver ships, China's ships, and became known among the Japanese as Kurofune (black ships), a term that came to be used to name all Western ships that supplied in Japan during the Edo period.