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  2. Spanish East Indies - Wikipedia

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    Reception of the Manila galleon by the Chamorro in the Ladrones Islands, Boxer Codex (c. 1590). With the Portuguese guarding access to the Indian Ocean around the Cape, a monopoly supported by papal bulls and the Treaty of Tordesillas, Spanish contact with the Far East waited until the success of the 1519–1522 Magellan–Elcano expedition that found a Southwest Passage around South America ...

  3. Indonesia–Spain relations - Wikipedia

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    Indonesia and Spain established diplomatic relations in 1958. Spain identifies Indonesia as their natural ally and has named Indonesia as one of their priority nations in their foreign relations with the Asia-Pacific region. [1] Indonesia has an embassy in Madrid, while Spain has an embassy in Jakarta and a consulate in Seminyak, Bali.

  4. History of Indonesia - Wikipedia

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    Map of Indonesia; 1674–1745 by Khatib Çelebi, a geographer from the Ottoman Turks. The earliest accounts of the Indonesian archipelago date from the Abbasid Caliphate , according to those early accounts the Indonesian archipelago were famous among early Muslim sailors mainly due to its abundance of precious spice trade commodities such as ...

  5. Portuguese Empire in the Indonesian Archipelago - Wikipedia

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    The Portuguese were the first Europeans to establish a colonial presence in the Indonesian Archipelago.Their quest to dominate the source of the spices that sustained the lucrative spice trade in the early 16th century, along with missionary efforts by Catholic orders, saw the establishment of trading posts and forts, and left behind a Portuguese cultural element that remains in modern-day ...

  6. Western imperialism in Asia - Wikipedia

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    Spain later agreed by treaty to cede the Philippines in Asia and Guam in the Pacific. In the Caribbean, Spain ceded Puerto Rico to the U.S. The war also marked the end of Spanish rule in Cuba, which was to be granted nominal independence but remained heavily influenced by the U.S. government and U.S. business interests.

  7. Dutch East Indies - Wikipedia

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    The first Europeans to establish themselves in Indonesia were the Portuguese in 1512 who established a network of trading posts and fortresses throughout the region, including at the spice islands of the Maluku islands. In 1580 Portugal formed a union with Spain, and therewith entered the war with the Dutch Republic.

  8. Spanish colonization of the Americas - Wikipedia

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    Map of Spanish America c. 1800, showing the 4 viceroyalties (New Spain, pink), (New Granada, green), (Peru, orange), (Río de la Plata, blue) and provincial divisions During the early era and under the Habsburgs, the crown established a regional layer of colonial jurisdiction in the institution of Corregimiento , which was between the Audiencia ...

  9. Timeline of Indonesian history - Wikipedia

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    Susi Susanti won Indonesia's first Olympic gold medal in 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. [84] East Timorese resistance leader Xanana Gusmão is captured by Brigadier General Theo Syafei and is tried and sentenced. [83] (to 1993) 1993: Suharto seeks a sixth term and is easily re-elected. [83] 1994: June