ABSTRACT
On top floor of a commercial building on a quiet street in the heart of Hong Kong’s financial district stands the Club Lusitano, a social club for people of Portuguese and Macanese descent. Portuguese settlers and their descendants have been in Macau since the 1600s. Dominating the wall as you walk into the main dining room is a map with the main trade routes of the world circa the 1400s. Look closely at the map, and you will see that in the mid-1400s, all roads lead to Portugal. This era was the golden age of trade and discovery for Portugal.
