How did the West Rise in Power over the East?

Nutmeg Clove Mace

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

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

1600 SEA is Sparsely Populated

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.”

Spanish Empire (Role of New Spain)

• 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.”