The Spanish presence in the north of Sulawesi during the seventeenth century. A study of Spanish settlement in the north of Sulawesi in the face of local opposition and the Dutch threat (1606-1662) ; La presencia española en el norte de Sulawesi durante el siglo XVII. Estudio del asentamiento español en el norte de Sulawesi ante la oposición local y la amenaza holandesa (1606-1662)

Spanish sovereignty over the Moluccas Islands (1606-1662) led to a relatively unknown episode in Spanish history involving the presence of Spanish soldiers in the north of the island now known as Sulawesi. The conquest of the Moluccas in 1606 marked the start of a period of frequent contacts between the Spaniards of the Moluccas and the tribes of nearby North Sulawesi. For several decades alliances were made and a small Spanish colony occupied the north of Sulawesi. The remoteness of the territory and the scarcity of resources were to make the consolidation of a Spanish colony impossible and w... Mehr ...