Dasmarinases, Early Governors of the Spanish Philippines

About this book

"Building upon Dr Crossley's 2011 book, this new work further expands our understanding of the Spanish Philippines by looking at Gómez Pérez Dasmariñas and his son Luis, successive governors from 1589. Drawing upon a rich selection of documents from the official Spanish archives and earlier histories, the book also utilizes an unpublished 628 page manuscript in the Lilly Library at Indiana University to provide many details not available elsewhere. In so doing the book reveals the complex situation that existed in the Philippines and how the two governors threw out, and responded to, challenges from a variety of different cultures"--