1297 · 大步海(今大埔海) · 元大德元年
1297年,元朝政府再度下令在大步海,即今大埔海,採珠,動用疍戶七百餘家,由官方供給糧餉,並命疍戶在大步海與惠州珠池每三年採珠一次。
In 1297, the Yuan government again ordered pearl collection at Dabu Sea, present-day Tai Po Hoi, employing over 700 Tanka households with official provisions, and required the Tanka to collect pearls once every three years at Dabu Sea and the Huizhou pearl pools.
來源 《香港志·總述 大事記》 · p.101