Richard Garrett was educated at Dulwich College and Trinity College, Cambridge. He is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Hong Kong’s Centre of Asian Studies, and a member of the Arms and Armour Society, the Society for Army Historical Research and the Ordnance Society. He started collecting antique firearms in 1965 and has written many articles on antique weapons.

• Preface(第vii頁)
• Acknowledgements(第xi頁)
• CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION(第1頁)
  • The Arrival of the Portuguese in Asia(第1頁)
  • Firearms(第3頁)
  • Settlement at Macau(第4頁)
  • A Description of Macau(第5頁)
• CHAPTER 2. SEVENTEENTHCENTURY DEFENCES(第9頁)
  • The First Fortifications(第9頁)
  • The 1622 Attack by the Dutch(第11頁)
  • The Construction of a Walled City(第14頁)
  • Other Defensive Works(第18頁)
  • Arms Manufacture(第20頁)
  • Conclusion(第22頁)
• CHAPTER 3. THE FIRST PHASE OF FORT BUILDING(第23頁)
  • Construction Methods(第23頁)
  • Layout Design(第24頁)
  • Plans of the Forts(第24頁)
  • Monte Fort(第25頁)
  • Fort of São Francisco(第32頁)
  • Penha Fort(第36頁)
  • Fort of Bom Parto(第37頁)
  • The Battery of São Pedro(第40頁)
  • Barra Fort(第42頁)
  • Guia Fort(第48頁)
  • The Northern Wall(第54頁)
  • The Southern Wall(第58頁)
  • Conclusions(第58頁)
CHAPTER 4. THE YEARS OF PEACE(第61頁)
• Historical Development(第61頁)
• The Battle against Kam-Pau-Sai(第64頁)
• Revolutionary Effects in Macau(第66頁)
• Conclusions(第67頁)
CHAPTER 5. NINETEENTH-CENTURY DEFENCES(第69頁)
• The First Opium War(第69頁)
• Amaral’s Adventures in Macau(第70頁)
• The New Forts(第74頁)
• Summary(第80頁)
CHAPTER 6. THE SECOND PHASE OF FORT BUILDING(第83頁)
• Construction and Layout(第83頁)
• Taipa Fort and Barracks(第83頁)
• Fort of Mong Ha(第89頁)
• Fort of Dona Maria II(第93頁)
• Fortim da Ilha Verde(第96頁)
• São Francisco Fort and Barracks(第96頁)
• Battery 1st of December(第98頁)
• The Border Barrier(第100頁)
• The Coloane Battery(第101頁)
CHAPTER 7. TWENTIETH-CENTURY DEFENCES(第103頁)
• Historical Development(第103頁)
• New Fortifications(第105頁)
• Pirates and the Garrisoning of Taipaand Coloane(第110頁)
• The Japanese Wars(第115頁)
• Post-War Defence(第116頁)
• The 1 2 3 Incident(第118頁)
• Changing Times(第119頁)
• The Handover(第120頁)
CHAPTER 8. THE DEFENSIVE ROLE OF THE NAVY(第123頁)
• Early History(第123頁)
• The Lorcha(第125頁)
• The Weapons of the Navy(第126頁)
• The Macau Naval Station(第128頁)
• The Start of the Twentieth Century(第130頁)
• Pirates(第133頁)
• Modernisation in the 1930s(第134頁)
• Naval Aviation in Macau(第135頁)
• The Post-War Era(第138頁)
CHAPTER 9. ARTILLERY IN MACAU(第141頁)
• The First Guns(第141頁)
• Smooth Bore Cannon(第144頁)
• Macau’s Cannon Foundry(第146頁)
• Cast Iron Guns(第148頁)
• Swivel Guns(第156頁)
• Mortars and Howitzers(第157頁)
• The Nineteenth-Century Revolution in Design(第159頁)
• Rifling(第161頁)
• Breech Loading and Quick Firing(第165頁)
• Machine Guns(第170頁)
• Conclusions(第173頁)
CHAPTER 10. PORTUGUESE SMALL ARMS(第175頁)
• Earliest Arms(第175頁)
• Early Portuguese Firearms(第176頁)
• Wheellocks and Flintlocks(第178頁)
• The Percussion System(第180頁)
• Rifling(第181頁)
• The Modern Development of Small Arms(第182頁)
• Conclusions(第197頁)
APPENDIX I. ACCOUNT OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST PIRATES IN 1810 by Anders Ljungstedt(第199頁)
APPENDIX II. GUNPOWDER PRODUCTION(第203頁)
APPENDIX III. LISTS OF CANNON EXISTING IN MACAU AT VARIOUS TIMES(第207頁)
APPENDIX IV. SMALL ARMS AT THE SECURITY FORCES’ MUSEUM(第215頁)
Notes(第257頁)
Index(第269頁)