Tamão

Tamão
屯門
Trade settlement
Imagined scenes of Battle of Tunmen
Flag
Coat of arms
Possible extent of Portuguese settlement (1518–1521)
CountryPortuguese Empire
Established1514
Battle of Tunmen1521
Founded byJorge Álvares
  1. Lantau Island (1) is one of the possible locations of "Tamão"; Castle Peak Bay (2) is a possible location of the "Tunmun Inlet"; the settlement is also said to have reached Kwai Chung inlet (3) as well.
  2. ↑ Lantau Island (1) is one of the possible locations of "Tamão"; Castle Peak Bay (2) is a possible location of the "Tunmun Inlet"; the settlement is also said to have reached Kwai Chung inlet (3) as well.
Tamão
Traditional Chinese屯門
Simplified Chinese屯门
Hanyu PinyinTún Mén
Pha̍k-fa-sṳThûn mùn
Yale RomanizationTyùhn mùhn
JyutpingTyun4 mun4
Tunmen Inlet
Traditional Chinese屯門澳
Simplified Chinese屯门澳
Hanyu PinyinTún Mén Ào
Pha̍k-fa-sṳThûn mùn àu
Yale RomanizationTyùhn mùhn ou
JyutpingTyun4 mun4 ou3

Tamão (Chinese: 屯門) was a trade settlement set up by the Portuguese on an island in the Pearl River Delta, China. This was the first time Europeans reached China via the sea route around the Cape of Good Hope. The settlement lasted from 1514 to 1521, when the Portuguese were expelled by the Ming dynasty navy.

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