继1997年7月1日香港“回归”之后,我国将于1999年12月20日“收回”澳门。读过中国近代史的人,都知道英国如何在鸦片战争中,逐步逼迫清廷割让香港和九龙,以及租借新界。但对澳门当年如何落到葡萄牙人手中,不但许多中国人不甚了解,就连葡萄牙人自己也糊里糊涂,不知道当年是怎么夺取这块土地的。研究澳门历史可知,葡萄牙人占领澳门可分为入据、盘 Following the return of Hong Kong on July 1, 1997, China will withdraw its Macao on December 20, 1999. People who have read the modern history of China all know how the United Kingdom has gradually forced the Qing court to cede Hong Kong and Kowloon and to rent the New Territories during the Opium War. However, how Macau fell into the hands of the Portuguese during that year not only many Chinese did not quite understand it, even the Portuguese themselves were confused and did not know how they seized the land. Studying the history of Macao shows that the occupation of Macao by the Portuguese can be divided into the following two categories