Limahong’s Pirates, Ming Mariners, and Early Sino–Spanish Relations: The Pangasinan Campaign of 1575 and Global History from Below

Limahong’s Pirates, Ming Mariners, and Early Sino–Spanish Relations: The Pangasinan Campaign of 1575 and Global History from Below

In late November 1574, the notorious Limahong and his pirates arrived in the Philippine archipelago. Previous studies have focused on their infamous Manila raid. Cross-examining Ming Chinese and Spanish sources, the present study examines the campaign to capture them in Pangasinan in 1575, which rev...

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Main Author: Shutz, J. Travis;
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Published: Archīum Ateneo 2019
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spelling ph-ateneo-arc.phstudies-10192024-08-07T03:42:03Z Limahong’s Pirates, Ming Mariners, and Early Sino–Spanish Relations: The Pangasinan Campaign of 1575 and Global History from Below Shutz, J. Travis; In late November 1574, the notorious Limahong and his pirates arrived in the Philippine archipelago. Previous studies have focused on their infamous Manila raid. Cross-examining Ming Chinese and Spanish sources, the present study examines the campaign to capture them in Pangasinan in 1575, which reveals a temporary tripartite Sino–Spanish–Luzonese antipiracy alliance that is occluded in contemporary sources. This study highlights global history based on transregional linkages as embodied by Limahong’s marauding pirates who, as nonstate actors, precipitated state-to-state contact between South China and the Philippine archipelago but whose escape in August 1575 unraveled early Sino–Spanish relations.KEYWORDS: MARITIME PREDATION • SPANISH EMPIRE • MING CHINA • TRANSREGIONAL HISTORY • HISTORY FROM BELOW 2019-11-29T08:00:00Z text application/pdf https://archium.ateneo.edu/phstudies/vol67/iss3/3 https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/phstudies/article/1019/viewcontent/Limahong_E2_80_99s_20Pirates_2C_20Ming_20Mariners_20_5Bvol._2067_20no._203_E2_80_934_20_282019_29_20315_E2_80_9342_5D.pdf Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints Archīum Ateneo
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description In late November 1574, the notorious Limahong and his pirates arrived in the Philippine archipelago. Previous studies have focused on their infamous Manila raid. Cross-examining Ming Chinese and Spanish sources, the present study examines the campaign to capture them in Pangasinan in 1575, which reveals a temporary tripartite Sino–Spanish–Luzonese antipiracy alliance that is occluded in contemporary sources. This study highlights global history based on transregional linkages as embodied by Limahong’s marauding pirates who, as nonstate actors, precipitated state-to-state contact between South China and the Philippine archipelago but whose escape in August 1575 unraveled early Sino–Spanish relations.KEYWORDS: MARITIME PREDATION • SPANISH EMPIRE • MING CHINA • TRANSREGIONAL HISTORY • HISTORY FROM BELOW
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title Limahong’s Pirates, Ming Mariners, and Early Sino–Spanish Relations: The Pangasinan Campaign of 1575 and Global History from Below
title_short Limahong’s Pirates, Ming Mariners, and Early Sino–Spanish Relations: The Pangasinan Campaign of 1575 and Global History from Below
title_full Limahong’s Pirates, Ming Mariners, and Early Sino–Spanish Relations: The Pangasinan Campaign of 1575 and Global History from Below
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title_full_unstemmed Limahong’s Pirates, Ming Mariners, and Early Sino–Spanish Relations: The Pangasinan Campaign of 1575 and Global History from Below
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