PERMANENT JOURNEY RECORD / 374
COMPLETE ROUTE ↗STAGE 02approximateMAPPABLE REGION
16th century
Macao and Cantonese maritime contact
chá DOSSIER ↗WALS links Portuguese chá to Cantonese cha through Portuguese import activity at Macao.
- COORDINATES STORED
- YES
- HONEST TO PLOT
- YES
- PLACEMENT MODE
- approximate
- TIME PRECISION
- century
- NUMERIC TIME BOUND
- YES
- CLAIM CITATIONS
- 1
THIS STAGE ENTERS THE TIMELINE.
The century describes the historically reported contact route, not one dated borrowing token.
PLACE IN GLOBAL CHRONOLOGY ↗DIRECT STAGE-LEVEL PROVENANCE
AUDIT THE ROUTE CLAIM.
Every source below identifies its exact stance, locator, and evidentiary contribution.
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Chapter 138: Tea
Supplies the contact location, century, and exceptional cha-type route.
Chapter 138 — Portuguese import through Macao and Cantonese chaAUDIT SOURCE ↗