Transpacific Peru, 1570-1613 : Connections with Mexico, the Philippines, and China /

Classic studies have highlighted the significance of colonial Peru from a transatlantic and European perspective. Transpacific Peru, 1570-1613 expands this view by exploring its pivotal role in transpacific trade. It examines the agency and networks of peruleros -silver-rich merchants-connecting Chi...

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Main Author: Bonialian, Mariano (Author)

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Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2025.

Series: Asian Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2026.
Crossroads - History of Interactions across the Silk Routes ; 10.

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505 0 |t List of Figures and Tables -- "Let the jijenes Get Out; the sancudos Are Coming" -- 1 The Transpacific Universe: More than a Galleon -- 1 Ships and Expeditions -- 2 Peru and the Transpacific Trade -- 3 From the Public to the Private -- 2 Transpacific Peruvian Agency and the Splendor of Potosí -- 1 Agency and Networks -- 2 The Peruleros: Global Actors and Collective -- 3 Networks and the Law: Local Legitimacy versus Royal Legislation -- 4 The Cerro Rico de Potosí Boom -- 5 Silk, Ivory, and Tortoise Shell Combs: Asian Objects in Peru -- 3 Expeditions between Peru and China 1580-1591 -- 1 Precedent. The Realejo Shipyard and the Dream of Reaching China -- 2 The Initiative. Letter from Gonzalo Ronquillo to Viceroy Francisco de Toledo and the Ship Nuestra Señora de la Cinta -- 3 Juan de Solís' Peruvian Ship Headed to Canton and Japan -- 4 Rodrigo de Córdoba and Viceroy Cañete's Ship -- 5 Nuestra Señora del Rosario to China and the East Indies -- 4 Peruvian Networks in Acapulco, Mexico, and the Philippines, 1586 and 1613 -- 1 Viceroys' Testimonies and Agency -- 2 Álvaro de Castrillo, Royal Notary, and the Acapulco Port Records -- 3 Francisco Tello de Guzmán, Governor of the Philippines -- 4 Peruleros, the Potosinean Silver and the Philippines pancada -- 5 Tomé Ruiz, from Notary Public to Merchant -- 6 Merchants of Peru -- 7 Agustín de San Pedro y Aguilar -- 8 Juan de Segura Soltero -- 9 Diego Núñez de Campoverde -- 10 Francisco de Mansilla Marroquí, Depositary of Lima -- 11 Gerónimo Justo de Porras -- 12 Bernardo Venegas de Vergara -- 5 Spanish-American Crossings through Europe-Asia: an Enigma -- 1 Peru: an Aspirational Self-Sufficient Market -- 2 New Spanish Expeditions vs the Portuguese in Asia -- Epilogue: the Dutch and the Transpacific Geopolitical Map at the Beginning of the Seventeenth Century -- Documentary Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index. 
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