The Dasmariñases, early governors of the Spanish Philippines

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The Dasmariñases, early governors of the Spanish Philippines

John Newsome Crossley

Routledge, 2016

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [242]-252) and index

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Building upon Dr Crossley's 2011 book ('Hernando de los Rios Coronel and the Spanish Philippines in the Golden Age') this new work further expands our understanding of the Spanish Philippines by looking at Gomez Perez Dasmarinas and his son Luis, successive governors from 1589. Drawing upon a rich selection of documents from the official Spanish archives (principally the Archivo General de Indias, Seville) and earlier histories, the book also utilizes an unpublished 628 page manuscript in the Lilly Library at Indiana University to provide many details not available elsewhere. In so doing the book reveals the complex situation that existed in the Philippines and how the two governors (and the people around them) threw out, and responded to, challenges from a variety of different cultures. Born into a rich family in north-western Spain about 1539, Gomez Perez Dasmarinas had a distinguished career in Spain before being selected in 1588, to become the new governor of the Philippines. A devout Christian intent on converting the new country in which he found himself, Dasmarinas epitomised the Spanish state's increasing emphasis on its missionary role. He departed Spain with clear instructions from the king, which had been drawn up in response to requests from the Philippines, asking for a better governor and one of higher moral standards than they had previously enjoyed. From the evidence found in his sources, John Newsome Crossley argues that Dasmarinas largely measured up to these requirements. Killed in an attempt to capture the fort at Ternate in the Moluccas in 1593, Gomez Perez Dasmarinas was succeeded by his son Luis. After being replaced himself as governor in 1596, Luis remained in the Philippines until his death in the Chinese rebellion of 1603 in Manila. In revealing the story of the two Dasmarinas governors, this book further illuminates the history of the Spanish Philippines and its relationship both with the wider Spanish empire, and the regional powers including China, Japan, Siam and Cambodia.

Table of Contents

  • Contents: Severed heads
  • In the shadow of Santiago
  • The right man for the job
  • A warm welcome for the new governor
  • Disputes with Bishop Salazar
  • The background to the expeditions to the Magat Valley
  • The Luis Perez 1591 expedition to the Magat Valley
  • The other 1591 expeditions to the Magat Valley
  • The people of the Magat Valley
  • Uneasy dependence: relations with the Chinese
  • The pen and the sword: relations with the Japanese
  • Reporting home-and getting no reply
  • Treasures in heaven, and upon earth
  • A will but no way: the fateful expedition to Ternate
  • The young governor: Luis Perez Dasmarinas
  • New ventures and old
  • Falling on hard times
  • Whimpers, and a bang
  • Epilogue. Challenging cultures: the qualities of a good governor
  • Appendices
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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