spanish east indies

Starting today, every two weeks this TL shall be focused from now on, the same shall occur with the Empire TL. Two weeks for each TL.

The timeline shall be the first of a series of TLs about an ATL Spanish Philippines, established by Legaspi and slowly decentralizes into numerous states upon the dawn of the 18th century, before I eventually return on continuing the Novales timeline.

Since the Philippines was largely faraway from Spain and the fact that the Spanish relied on the previous pre-colonial nobility that became the principalia prior to the mid-19th century, is there a possibility than an ATL Spanish Philippines, while largely similar to OTL, has a high chance of...

What if the Carlists won the First Carlist War (1833-1839) and Prince Carlos became king Carlos V. What would be the colonial consequences of this? Will Spain be more involved in the Scramble for Africa or in Asia or will they do more in the New World with Mexico or something? And thus: will...

In OTL, After the Spanish-American War, Spain lost the last of its once great empire, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and in this focus, the Philippines along with Guam to the USA. After this lost, it was left with only it's Pacific Islands, such as the Marianas, Palau, and the Carolines. Since these...

The life of Juan Fernández was an exciting one. Born in Cartagena, Murcia between 1528 and 1530. Being born in the major port of Castile in the Mediterranean he promptly grew an interest in sailing. He was promoted to captain and major pilot sometime in the 1550's and in the 1560's he was sent...

I'm not sure if this is the best place to post this, but heck, I may as well try to post one of the ideas I've so dearly wanted to write for so long. Also, IDK what the timeframe of a proper revolution would be, especially in a region so far from Spain. So, the first part of the prologue, the...

So I was wondering: what would have happened had Zheng Chenggong survived his malaria and continued leading the fleet he had based in Taiwan? Would he have successfully been able to take Manila, and if so, would he have been able to keep it? Would he have been able to continue being a perennial...

What if the Dutch Republic's navy had managed to defeat the outnumbered forces of its spanish-filipino enemies at the battles of La Naval De Manila (1646)? Could the dutch take hold of Manila and, thus, the Philippines? If so, then what are the effects on the dutch and spanish colonial empires...

So, during the Seven Years' War, the British were able to seize Manila and keep it for twenty months near the war's end. Coinciding with this was the uprising of the Ilocano Diego Silang, who contacted the British in Manila and came to an agreement which never materialized. So, what would it...