MANILA, MACAO AND CANTON. THE TIES THAT BIND馬尼拉，澳門及廣洲之間的聯系
Paul A. Van Dyke's article proposes an integrated reading of the relations between Manila, Macao, and Canton, arguing that these Southeast Asian ports—created within the context of Iberian expansions—shared trajectories conditioned by common dynamics in the South China Sea. Rather than treating each...
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| Published in: | Review of Culture |
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| Format: | Articles |
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Instituto Cultural de Macau
April 2006
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| Online Access: | https://www.icm.gov.mo/rc/viewer/pdfViewerParts/40018/3901 |
| Summary: | Paul A. Van Dyke's article proposes an integrated reading of the relations between Manila, Macao, and Canton, arguing that these Southeast Asian ports—created within the context of Iberian expansions—shared trajectories conditioned by common dynamics in the South China Sea. Rather than treating each space as an isolated unit, the author reconstructs historical connections from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries to demonstrate how commerce, religion, and international conflict simultaneously shaped local economies and societies, linking the interests of the Pearl River Delta to Philippine and Atlantic-Iberian circuits.
Methodologically, the text combines historiographical synthesis with a contextual reading of events and transregional networks, articulating sources and studies on interdependent markets, Christian missions, and military interventions by European powers (particularly the English and Dutch) in the archipelago and maritime routes.
As its main findings, the article demonstrates that Protestant competition against the Portuguese and Spanish functioned as a "regional factor" that affected Manila and Macao in similar ways, with repercussions in Canton and its port ecosystem. It concludes that understanding social, political, and economic developments in Macao (and, by extension, in Hong Kong and the region) requires considering Philippine flows and agents and, above all, the structural interactions that continued to "tie" these spaces together over time, including the significance of the Balmis episode of 1805 as a meeting point of these imperial communities. |
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| ISSN: | 1682-1106 |