1. First reader of primary sources in translation covering "The Spanish
Pacific." 2. Introductions to sample texts written by leading scholars
in their respective fields (experts in Latin American Studies, Iberian
studies, and Philippine studies). 3. Selections represent both the
voices of official Spanish and religious authorities as well as those of
their subjects (indigenous, mestizos, and Chinese)


1\. First reader of primary sources in translation covering "The Spanish
Pacific." 2. Introductions to sample texts written by leading scholars
in their respective fields (experts in Latin American Studies, Iberian
studies, and Philippine studies). 3. Selections represent both the
voices of official Spanish and religious authorities as well as those of
their subjects (indigenous, mestizos, and Chinese)


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Connected Histories in the Early Modern World

The Spanish Pacific, 1521-1815: A Reader of Primary Sources

The Spanish Pacific designates the space Spain colonized or aspired to rule in Asia between 1521 -- with the arrival of Ferdinand Magellan -- and 1815 -- the end of the Manila-Acapulco galleon trade route. It encompasses what we identify today as the Philippines and the Marianas, but also Spanish America, China, Japan, and other parts of Asia that in the Spanish imagination were extensions of its Latin American colonies. This reader provides a selection of documents relevant to the encounters and entanglements that arose in the Spanish Pacific among Europeans, Spanish Americans, and Asians while highlighting the role of natives, mestizos, and women. A-first-of-its-kind, each of the documents in this collection was selected, translated into English, and edited by a different scholar in the field of early modern Spanish Pacific studies, who also provided commentary and bibliography.

The Spanish Pacific, 1521-1815: A Reader of Primary SourcesHardcover, 23 March 2020

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