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Shangchuan Island (Chinese: 上川岛; pinyin: Shàngchuāndǎo, also
known as "Schangschwan", "Sancian", "Sanchão", "Chang-Chuang", "St. John's Island" or "St...
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Xavier was
about to
extend his
mission to Ming China, when he died on
Shangchuan Island. He was
beatified by Pope Paul V on 25
October 1619 and canonized...
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southwestern Jiangmen Prefecture. It has 95
islands and islets,
including Shangchuan Island, Guangdong's
largest island now that
Hainan is a
separate province...
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reached the mainland,
dying after only a year on the
Chinese island of
Shangchuan.
Three decades later, in 1582,
Jesuits once
again initiated mission work...
- Discovery. By 1549 the
Portuguese were
sending annual trade missions to
Shangchuan Island in China. In 1557 they
managed to
convince the Ming
court to agree...
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Shangchuan station (Chinese: 上川; pinyin:
Shàngchuān; Jyutping: Seung6 Chyun1) is a
metro station on Line 12 of
Shenzhen Metro,
located at the Xi'an Subdistrict...
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former name of
Prince Edward Island to 1798 St. John's Island,
Egypt Shangchuan Island or
Saint John Island, China,
originally from São João ("Saint John"...
- then
carried out
smuggling at Macao, Lampacau, and St John's
Island (now
Shangchuan),
until Leonel de
Sousa legalized their trade with
bribes to
Admiral Wang...
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Vietnamese expedition under Cảnh and a
Chinese general Trần Thượng Xuyên (Chen
Shangchuan)
defeated the main
Cambodian army at Bích Đôi citadel, king Chey Chettha...
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heaven by angels. The
altarpiece shows the
Death of
Francis Xavier in
Shangchuan Island by
Carlo Maratta. The
arches are
decorated with
scenes from the...
