Li Dan (magnate)
Li Dan (Chinese: 李旦 / 李旭; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lí Tàn / Lí Tòaⁿ; Christian name: Andrea Dittis (李旦, アンドレア・デッチス); died 1625) or Li Tan or Litõa, was an influential Overseas Chinese merchant, Chinese community leader, and pirate. He was a prominent early 17th century Chinese merchant and political figure, originally from Quanzhou in Fujian province.[1][2][3]
Li operated out of Spanish Manila as the Captain of the Sangley Chinese there for a time before moving to Hirado, in Japan and becoming a part of the shuinsen trade, with a formal vermillion seal license from the Tokugawa shogunate.[2] He served as head (チナ・カピタン / 唐人街の頭目) of the Chinese community in Hirado, and maintained a residence in the English sector of the city.[3]
Pedro Yan Shiqi reportedly been the second of command of Li Dan.[4]
Following his death, Li Dan's business was inherited by Zheng Zhilong, along with his role in the community.[1][3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Andrade, Tonio (2008). How Taiwan became Chinese: Dutch, Spanish, and Han colonization in the seventeenth century. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231128551. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
- ^ a b Mateo, José Eugenio Borao (2009). The Spanish Experience in Taiwan 1626-1642: The Baroque Ending of a Renaissance Endeavour. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. ISBN 9789622090835. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
- ^ a b c Subrahmanyam, Sanjay (2016). Merchant Networks in the Early Modern World, 1450–1800. Routledge. ISBN 9781351918107.
- ^ Mateo, José Eugenio Borao (2009-10-01). The Spanish Experience in Taiwan 1626-1642: The Baroque Ending of a Renaissance Endeavour. Hong Kong University Press. ISBN 978-962-209-083-5.
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