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How did the West Rise in Power over the East?. Nutmeg Clove Mace. 1492 Columbus sails for the Spice Islands and he says he found them To the Canary Islands then a month at sea (The Spanish). Pedro Cabral (1500) 13 ships /1,000 men Where are the Spices’ origins?. September 20, 1519
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1492 Columbus sails for the Spice Islands and he says he found them To the Canary Islands then a month at sea (The Spanish)
Pedro Cabral (1500) 13 ships /1,000 men Where are the Spices’ origins?
September 20, 1519 San Lucar Spain Five Ships—235 men Philippines March 16, 1521
Philippines March 16, 1521 Killed in the Philippines Returned September 6, 1522one Ship and 18 men
1525 Garcia Jofre de Loaisa (no gold; he and many die in the Philippines)
1543 Ruy Lopez de Villalobos (Philippines) • Islas del Poniente • Las Islas Filipinas
1565 Miguel Lopez de Legaspi (establishes Manila as the center of colonial power) • 1571 Established Manila as the Islands Capital
Population in 1600 Europe – 11 per square kilometer (SqK)India - 32 SqKChina – 37 SqK SEA – 5 SqK
“Their wealth lyeth altogether in Slaves, so that if their Slaves be kild, they are beggared.” 1606 of Banten
“Of the people of Melaka it is better to have slaves than to have land, because slaves are a protection of their masters.” Hwang Chung 1537
“The more daughters a man has, the richer he is.” 1544 Legaspi
“Their reproductive role gave them magical and ritual powers which it was difficult for men to match.”
“The body itself was the first and most important medium of art.”
“The further distended the lobes, the more elevated the man in social hierarchy.”
Share in Spice Trade • Doorway to Japan / China • Christianize the Natives
Chief • Nobility • Land Owner • Bondsmen
“More than any other single factor a religious and missionary commitment kept the Spanish state in the economically-profitless colony of the Philippines.”