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Let alone that the Portuguese were in Brazil, and the Spanish in the _Philippines_, for some 300 years
by karatinversion 4y ago
Let alone that the Portuguese were in Brazil, and the Spanish in the _Philippines_, for some 300 years
- jameshart 4y agoThe Philippines is a great example of how to break this rule; it was almost more a colony of New Spain than of Spain. Basically converting the empire into a franchise operation? Or maybe a pyramid scheme? To enable it to scale out beyond that range? The VOC played a similar role in extending the Dutch empire’s reach.
- notch656c 4y agoThe Philippines has never been easy to grasp though. Even now the government maintains poor control of many of their thousands of islands. Colonization efforts there can be profitable but are also weak. To the extent the Philippines has been colonized they must generally satisfy themselves to control of major ports and trade routes and naval bases.
- jollyllama 4y agoThere's so many exceptions. Does the article address any of these?
- PeterCorless 4y agoExactly. See my post elsewhere in this discussion where I give the transit times for goods from Madrid China via the Manila Galleons and the Mexican caravan routes back to Madrid.