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Fig. 5.7 Shards of the Zhangzhou wares unearthed from the Wuzhai and Nansheng kilns sites
(FJPM 1997)

The maritime trade between Portugal and Ming China developed remarkably
afterwards. Large amounts of Chinese porcelain wares were traded to the markets
along the Portuguese travel route, as well as their terminal port in Europe.
Não Espadarte was a Portuguese ship which sank in 1558 off the coast of
Mozambique, enroute from India to Portugal. The ship was found in 2001 with the
main body badly destroyed. Besides a substantial amount of gold ingots, Chinese
blue and white porcelain wares were also discovered, including a special bowl with