Desenho e pintura da Praia Grande ca. 1840

"The panorama taken from the Bay of Typa, exhibits the city, on what may he termed the British side, consequently in its most interesting aspect. Immediate!/ in front of the spectator, facing the east, is the fine crescent curve of the Praya grande, a broad and spacious quay, unbroken (with the exception of a small fort defending a landing place) by any wharf or jetty. The houses which present their fronts to the water, and occupy the whole of the vast extent of the semi-circle, are large, substantial buildings, in the European style; of simple architecture, with large gables, and little or no ornament; yet being painted of many colours, have a varied and pleasing ap¬ pearance. At the back of the line, rising like an amphitheatre on the sloping ground, numerous other houses are seen, intermixed with churches, and sacred edifices—always conspicuous objects in a catholic town—large gardens, and light and airy summer-houses; the highest portion being broken into several hills, crowned by forts or monasteries, has a fine effect; and, far above all, rising from a neighbouring island, towers a mountain of considerable elevation, and picturesque shape, forming a noble back ground."

Excerto de Description of a view of Macao in China, de Robert Burford, publicado em 1840 que inclui também o desenho que na montagem abaixo anexei a uma pintura da época

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"The only English hotel in the place is large and kept by a man of the name of Marquick who has another still larger in Canton" (25 e 26 na imagem acima), excerto de The Fan-Qui in China 1836-37, de Charles Toogood Downing.