Navigating the Spanish Lake examines Spain’s long presence in the Pacific Ocean (1521–1898) in the context of its global
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Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Introduction: Iberian Pacific Navigations
1. The Lake before the Nineteenth Century
2. Defending the Lake
3. Arming Chinese Mestizos in Manila
4. Colonizing the Marianas
Epilogue: The Lingering Lake and Archipelagic Hispanization
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Authors