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So under the governorship in the Philippines of Don Jose Basco y Vargas, two Dominicans and an assortment of government officials and functionaries headed by a governor were sent to Batanes. On 26 June 1783 the islands were officially made part of the Philippines. It did not take long before the true economic potential of the islands be-came ...
Those interventions would come in the form of the innovative Basque Governor-General Jose Basco y Vargas, the Real Compania de Filipinas (Royal Company of the Philippines) and the few but ...
Apr 21, 2017 · But there was no direct trade with Spain until the establishement by Governor General Jose Basco y Vargas of a Royal Company of the Philippines (Real Compania de Filipinas) in 1785, which was strongly opposed by galleon traders. This company, due to mismanagement and corruption, was never as successful as its Dutch, English or French ...
In this influential study Phelan analyzes the transformations of the Philippine society under Spanish colonization, specifically changes in the spheres of labor, agricul-ture, ecology, political organization, culture, and religion.
After Spanish rule was restored, José Basco y Vargas one of the ablest of Spanish administrators, was the governor from 1778 to 1787, and he implemented a series of reforms designed to promote the economic development of the islands and make them independent of the subsidy from New Spain.
In 1782, Basco sent an expedition to undertake the formalities of acquiring the consent of the Ivatans to become subjects of the king of Spain. On June 26, 1783, Joseph Huelva y Melgarjo became the first governor of Batanes.
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Basco y Vargas, José ( ca. 1730-1805). Marino y gobernador español de las islas Filipinas, nacido en Ronda (Andalucía) hacia 1730 y fallecido en Málaga en 1805, que ejerció su mandato entre 1778 y 1787.
