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Apr 7, 2011 · 25 Jose Basco y Vargas (July 1778-November 1787) a naval officer from an illustrious Granada family, was resented by the majority of the Manila Audiencia for being without royal titles and decoration. Their petition to have him recalled having failed, they set about obstructing his rule.
His actions were not only approved, but he was also awarded high honors and promotions. On November 19, 1769, he was granted an annual pension of 3000 pesos for life. Basco y Vargas later went on to become the 44th Governor of the Philippines, ruling from 1778 until 1787.
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 ...
José Basco y Vargas. José Basco y Pérez de Vargas, 1st Count of the Conquest of Batanes Islands (Spanish: José Basco y Vargas, primer conde de la conquista de las islas Batanes (1731–1805) was a naval officer of the Spanish Navy who served as the 53rd governor of the Spanish Philippines under the Spanish Empire, from 1778 to 1787. An ...
JOSÉ BASCO Y VARGAS—Born of an illustrious Granada family, and naval officer; arrives at Manila, July. 1778; Chinese allowed to return to Manila, 1778; opposed by Audiencia, some of whom, with certain military officers, he arrests for conspiracy, October, 1779; increases army and strengthens fortifications; tobacco monopoly established ...
distinguished governors - the Marquis of Ovando, Pedro Manuel de Arandia, Anda y Salazar, and above all, Basco y Vargas, and his successors, Marquina and Aguilar - devoted considerable attention to the development of the natural re-sources of the Islands. During the fifty years with which the following pages are concerned the Philippine economy ...
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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 ...
