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

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)

Format: eBook

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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American Studies.
Asian Studies.
History.

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Call Number: DS501

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Table of Contents:
  • 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.