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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bonialian, Mariano, author.

Series:

Asian Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2026.

Crossroads - History of Interactions across the Silk Routes ; 10.

Asian Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2026

Crossroads - History of Interactions across the Silk Routes ; 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American Studies.

Asian Studies.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (262 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Connections with Mexico, the Philippines, and China

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2025.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 China, the Philippines, and Mexico. The book exposes the tensions between their expeditions and the prohibitive laws of the Spanish Crown, revealing colonial Peru as a dynamic hub for the expansion of the Spanish Empire and the early globalization of the 16th century.

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.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Bonialian, Mariano Transpacific Peru, 1570-1613

ISBN:

9789004740952

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004740952 DOI