User:Mhatopzz/Spanish colonial presence in the Indonesian Archipelago

Spanish forts in the Moluccas Las Islas Malucas
1606–1663
Flag Coat of arms
The Magellan map of 1529 by Diogo Ribeiro illustrating the claims that Maluku actually fell within the Spanish rather than Portuguese sphere.
Status	Territory of the Spanish East Indies
Capital	Ciudad del Rosario in Ternate (1606–1663) Santiago de los Caballeros in Tidore (1609–1662)
Government	Monarchy
Monarch
• 1606–1621	Phillip III
• 1621–1663	Philip IV
Governor
• 1606–1609	Juan de Esquivel
• 1663	Francesco de Atienza Ibañez
Historical era	Age of Discovery
• Treaty of Zaragoza	22 April 1529
• Spanish conquest	15 March–1 April 1606
• Abandonment	1663

Spanish colonization era
1521–1663
Spanish and Dutch ships engaged in a fight in the town of Tidore, 1601.
Location	Malay Archipelago, East Indies
Including	Portuguese–Ternate wars Treaty of Zaragoza
Key events	Age of Discovery
Chronology Portuguese colonization era Dutch East India Company

The Spanish Empire occupied numerous forts in the Maluku Islands from 1606 to 1663 to dominate the spice trade as well as securing the Iberian presence in the region from the growing influence of the Dutch East India Company.

Spanish presence in the Maluku Islands began in 1521 when the Voyage of Magellan-Elcano expedition reached the island of Tidore, they were greeted by the Sultan of Tidore Al-Mansur (Spanish accounts named him Almanzor), the spice rich island made the Spanish interested in trading and practicing monopoly in Maluku, however, the Portuguese were already present in the region and had allied with local rulers in the region. In the late 16th century, a conflict between the Portuguese and Ternateans was erupting, in the middle of the conflict, the Spanish Empire frequently intervened the conflict as they sent numerous fleets to conquer the islands in Maluku in a series of seaborne expeditions from Manila were launched in 1582, 1584, 1585, 1593 and 1603, none of these were successful. On 15 March 1606 the Philippine governor Pedro Bravo de Acuña, sent an expedition to capture the fort of Gammalamma and other forts occupied by Ternateans and Dutch in Ternate, the fort of Gammalamma was captured on 1 April 1606 and Spain left a garrison of 500 men in the island. Ternate was governed by the Spanish from Manila and remained there until its abandonment in 1663.

Magellan-Elcano expedition

Further information: Magellan expedition

Loaísa expedition

Further information: Loaísa expedition

Discovery of Nova Guinea

Nova Guinea, discovered by Yñigo Ortiz de Retez

See also

• Indonesia–Spain relations
• Mardijker people
• Fort Tahula–Spanish fort on the island of Tidore, Maluku.