Season 5 · Episode 11
S5E6: The Spanish Ore-cuppation
The Colonial Department · The Colonial Department
December 23, 202312m 25s
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<html><p>Through extortion, occupation, and “tribute”, the Spanish conquistadors in the Philippines get to work looting and plundering that most precious of all metals: gold. </p><p>Follow us on IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thecolonialdept/" target="_blank">@thecolonialdept</a><br/>Follow us on TikTok: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@thecolonialdept" target="_blank">@thecolonialdept</a><br/>Email us: <a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected]</a></p><p>References:</p><p>Sitoy, T. Valentino, Jr. (1985). <em>A History of Christianity in the Philippines: The Initial Encounter, Vol. 1. </em>New Day Publishers.</p><p>Newson, Linda A. (2011). <em>Conquest & Pestilence in the Early Spanish Philippines. </em>Ateneo de Manila University Press.</p><p>Capistrano-Baker, Florina H.; Guy, John; Miksic, John N. (eds.) (2012). <em>Philippine Ancestral Gold. </em>Ayala Foundation and NUS Press.</p><p>Estrella, Victor (29 November 2016). “Ancient Tagalog Goldworking Technology from Fray San Buenaventura’s Vocabulario de Lengua Tagala: Integrating Archaeological, Linguistic, and Ethnohistoric Data.” <em>Hukay</em>, <em>20</em>, p. 47-78.</p><p>“Reply to Fray Rada’s Opinion,” (1574) in In Blair, Emma Helen, and Robertson, James Alexander (eds.), The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 (Vol. 3), Arthur H. Clark Company.</p><p>Habana, Olivia M. (2000). “Gold Mining in Benguet to 1898.” <em>Philippine Studies, 48</em>(4), p. 455-487.</p><p>Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (undated). “Pre-colonial Gold and Pottery Collection.” <em>Museo ng Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. </em></p><p>Ocampo, Ambeth (17 May 2012). “Living in a golden age.” <em>Inquirer.net </em><a href="https://opinion.inquirer.net/28895/living-in-a-golden-age" target="_blank">https://opinion.inquirer.net/28895/living-in-a-golden-age</a></p><p>“A Golden Discovery in the Philippines.” (11 September 2015). Asia Society. <a href="https://asiasociety.org/blog/asia/golden-discovery-philippines" target="_blank">https://asiasociety.org/blog/asia/golden-discovery-philippines</a></p></html>