The Asia-Pacific at the JCBLMain MenuThe Asia-Pacific on the Shelves of the John Carter Brown LibraryBibliography of texts, maps, and manuscriptsThe Fifteenth CenturyThe Age of Columbus and Vasco de GamaSixteenth Century EncountersThe Seventeenth CenturyAn age of rogues and adventurers on the high seas.The Eighteenth CenturyAn age of enlightenment and empireThe Nineteenth CenturyModernity and Mature CapitalismVoyage and ExplorationThe Asia-Pacific in MapsDevelopments in cartography and seagoing exploration intertwined to form the sinews of early modern global connectedness.The Jesuits in East AsiaBooks in English by British AuthorsDescriptions of ChinaJapanTexts printed in or describing JapanCaroline Franka1a5e7e9a2c3dba76ecb2896a93bf66ac8d1635e
Books by Spanish Authors
12016-01-15T16:06:47-08:00Caroline Franka1a5e7e9a2c3dba76ecb2896a93bf66ac8d1635e53983plain2016-02-03T08:15:50-08:00Caroline Franka1a5e7e9a2c3dba76ecb2896a93bf66ac8d1635eIn 1493 following Columbus's discovery of a New World and Bartolomeu Dias's passage around the Cape Peninsula of Africa, Pope Alexander VI divided the Atlantic—hence the world in 15th-century cartography—between the two Iberian empires, with Portugal taking the eastern half and Spain the western. Ultimately, this division, which was reinforced in successive treaties, "gave" the Pacific Ocean to the Spanish. With the growth of New Spain and its vast Pacific coastline, it was not long before the Spanish were navigating the Mar del Sur, South Sea, establishing Manila as its eastern capital in 1564. Although the Portuguese were navigating the coastal regions of the East Asian from the Spice Islands to Japan, and had a thriving settlement in Macau, the Spanish dominated the Pacific Ocean. They also came to dominate publishing on the Pacific region in the 16th century.