Mariveles’ Waters and Joris van Spilbergen: the rupture of the quotidianity in a Philippine local space in the context of the 12 Years’ Truce ; Las aguas de Mariveles y Joris van Spilbergen: la ruptura de la cotidianidad de un espacio local filipino en el contexto de la Tregua de los Doce Años

During the first days of March 1616 the fleet led by the Dutch Joris van Spilbergen set in the Philippine region of Mariveles, from this place, they assaulted as many ships as they saw. The presence of the VOC fleet broke the daily life of this space, allowing us to access details about the Philippine domestic trade and the life of the people who sailed its waters. As well as to appreciate how this territory was not an isolated piece from the rest of the globe but was strongly linked and influenced by the processes and events that occurred in the rest of the world, being a simple of the connec... Mehr ...