What If the Spanish Empire Conquered China?

#spain #china #philippines
At the tail end of the 16th century, the Spanish colonizers of the Philippines proposed an audacious plan to conquer China. This plan, the Empresa de China, ultimately went nowhere...but what if they went through with it?

00:00 Introduction
00:35 The Empresa de China
04:59 Was it plausible?
07:08 What if...
08:31 What happens next?
09:46 China strikes back
11:57 Conclusion

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SOURCES
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H. Thomas, World Without End: Spain, Philip II, and the First Global Empire (2014)
O. Frenkel, "Conquistadores or Merchants? Spanish Plans for the Conquest of China, 1565–1586" Crossroads (2017) https://www.ostasien-verlag.de/zeitsc...
S. Hawley, "IMJIN War Ep. 10 - Spanish Plan to Conquer China" YouTube (2019)    • IMJIN WAR Ep. 10 - Spanish Plan to Conquer...  
S. Hawley, "The Spanish Plan to Conquer China" Imjin War (2011) https://web.archive.org/web/202011012...
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