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Macau. In 1535, Portuguese traders obtained the rights to anchor ships in Macau's harbours and to carry out trading activities, though not the right to stay onshore. In 1557, the Portuguese established a permanent settlement in Macau. Goa is in India.
A trading post is a place where people trade goods and stuff. In the 15th century trading posts were built by European traders along the coasts of Africa and Asia as a base for trade with the interior. Trading posts or 'Factories' were islands of European law and sovereignty, but European authority seldom extended very far beyond the fortified post.
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Portuguese explorers set up trading posts along the coast of Africa, particularly in West Africa, including areas such as Cape Verde, Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, and Angola. They also established trading posts in other parts of the world, such as India, Macau, and Brazil.
Trading-post empires are those empires in the earlier centuries (13-15th) which traded vast goods and set up trading posts. Trading posts were built by European traders along the coasts of Africa and Asia as a base for trade with the interior. Trading posts (or 'Factories') were islands of European law and sovereignty, but European authority seldom extended very fat beyond the fortified post.
Who founded the trading post that later became the colony know as New France
Rome began as a trading post
You don't say where and when. If it's about the discovery of the East in the 15th and early 16th century, the answer is: the Portuguese.