The treaty of tordesilles allowed for any land discovered by going west to fall under Spanish dominion; this being how they claimed the Philippines. Despite this, the archipelago was the only region in asia Toledo claimed. Your challenge is to give spain lasting control over the island of borneo and the Malay peninsula (thus, the strait of malacca). The Philippines are also part of this colony, being part of the Malay archipelago

The territory needs to hold out at least a century. I imagine that a POD around the dutch revolt would help, since weakening their naval potential would naturally make things harder for the VOC
 
The treaty of tordesilles allowed for any land discovered by going west to fall under Spanish dominion; this being how they claimed the Philippines. Despite this, the archipelago was the only region in asia Toledo claimed. Your challenge is to give spain lasting control over the island of borneo and the Malay peninsula (thus, the strait of malacca). The Philippines are also part of this colony, being part of the Malay archipelago

The needs to hold out at least a century. I imagine that a POD around the dutch revolt would help, since weakening their naval potential would naturally make things harder for the VOC
Hmm, first of all you need even stronger presence in Asia, Spain settles Formosa and have a bigger trade with China, then you need to take down the Moro’s and then annexing Brunei, I can’t predict how fast or effectively they will be assimilated into the Empire nor culture.

You can also provoke the collapse of the VoC or some exchange, eventually leading to the Viceroyalty of (insert name here), something that would be hard if they try military due to jungles, diseases and natives nations that can buy weapons from the Dutch or another rival, "colonizing" the area with Spaniards and christianizing the natives would be a gargantuan task, you can also buy the loyalty of the several Malayan sultans Or directly invading due to an X Casus Belli.

If you want later colonization you need an stable Spain and a expansionist monarch that takes over Aceh while respecting Bri’ish domains in the area.
 
Shouldn’t the Spanish find a way to win against the Moro before even thinking about conquering and holding other place in the region ?
If Magellan is not killed the Moros of Mainland Mindanao would be conquered by the Spanish because the Sultanate there would be snipped from the bud but it would affect the politics of Luzon preventing the Spanish from conquering that area, A Spain having both Mindanao and the Spice Islands might be richer than OTL due to the trade it would bring to Europe but Spain would cling to the Portuguese as well.
 
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If spain has dominion over the straits of malacca and the silver trade, that effectively means they control Europe's diplomacy with China. What might that mean culturally?
 
Shouldn’t the Spanish find a way to win against the Moro before even thinking about conquering and holding other place in the region ?
Magellan and co. survives and successfully colonized visayas, and colonizes Mindanao and Luzon after, as Moros are still not fully muslims and weak in that time. After Luzon falls, with their native Filipino Allies and spanish reinforcements they invade North Borneo, Then invade west Malaya, After the Bruneians weaken They take Borneo
If Magellan is not killed the Moros of Mainland Mindanao would be conquered by the Spanish because the Sultanate there would be snipped from the bud but it would affect the politics of Luzon preventing the Spanish from conquering that area,
This is not plausible, with an earlier foothold means earlier colonization, and control. brunei cannot match Spain, Militarily and economically and politically, Because Ming and spain will now have earlier mutual relations, in trade, China gets the silver they desperately need, Spain gets the goods they want. Sure Brunei might be at the height of their power, But that is the golden age of the Spanish Empire the height of their power.
 
Magellan and co. survives and successfully colonized visayas, and colonizes Mindanao and Luzon after, as Moros are still not fully muslims and weak in that time. After Luzon falls, with their native Filipino Allies and spanish reinforcements they invade North Borneo, Then invade west Malaya, After the Bruneians weaken They take Borneo

This is not plausible, with an earlier foothold means earlier colonization, and control. brunei cannot match Spain, Militarily and economically and politically, Because Ming and spain will now have earlier mutual relations, in trade, China gets the silver they desperately need, Spain gets the goods they want. Sure Brunei might be at the height of their power, But that is the golden age of the Spanish Empire the height of their power.
That is possible, plus the Dutch and Bruneians could also ally.

Brunei would be prepared for the Spanish ITTL, since they have time to prepare for the Spanish.
 
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THe dutch is still not in Asia,
The Spanish will first focus on the Spice Trade before they will fight the Bruneians since the Spanish have not yet discovered the possibility of trade with China.
I think the Politics of Luzon at least will be different that the Spanish will not conquer it ITTL, without someone like Lakandula, the Spanish will not be able to conquer Luzon.
 
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The Spanish will first focus on the Spice Trade before they will fight the Bruneians since the Spanish have not yet discovered the possibility of trade with China.
Well, they already discovered the trade when they arrived, They will know it momments later after they gained foothold, And instead focus norht first, as they now know the potential Monopoly on China trade
 
Well, they already discovered the trade when they arrived, They will know it momments later after they gained foothold, And instead focus norht first, as they now know the potential Monopoly on China trade
The Spanish will first focus on Mindanao here due to Butuan destroying the Sultanates down south nipping them from the bud, butterflying Lakandula would mean that the Spanish would get kicked from the Island, they could instead be the Sultanates which will fight the Spanish instead.
 
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The Spanish will first focus on Mindanao here due to Butuan destroying the Sultanates down south, butterflying Lakandula would mean that the Spanish would get kicked from the Island.
The Spanish Will focus on both at the same time, Mindanao the Key to Spice Islands and Luzon for the China trade monopoly
 
The Spanish Will focus on both at the same time, Mindanao the Key to Spice Islands and Luzon for the China trade monopoly
If Magellan conquered Mindanao first, it is likely that Luzon will have the other Moro Sultanate(s) in the North Instead.

Another issue is the Portuguese claims.
 
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If Magellan conquered Mindanao first, it is likely that Luzon will have the Moro Sultanates in the North Instead.
The North does not have a Muslim Majority IOTL, they are Animist, Buddists and Hindu Majority. Spain will divert more resources for the north than the south, as Mindanao is still unpopulated, and doesnt have a stable base yet. Monopolizing the China trade is more lucrative than Spice islands
 
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The treaty of tordesilles allowed for any land discovered by going west to fall under Spanish dominion; this being how they claimed the Philippines. Despite this, the archipelago was the only region in asia Toledo claimed. Your challenge is to give spain lasting control over the island of borneo and the Malay peninsula (thus, the strait of malacca). The Philippines are also part of this colony, being part of the Malay archipelago

The territory needs to hold out at least a century. I imagine that a POD around the dutch revolt would help, since weakening their naval potential would naturally make things harder for the VOC
I think the POD with NO Battle of Bangkusay and Northern Luzon unites and becomes Moro/Muslim and the Spanish win in the Castilian war is also possible, that is the premise of one of my TL's.
 
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The Spanish will focus on nipping the Muslim Sultanates in the Bud first in the South before they will go to the North which will butterfly the Spanish conquest.
They will focus on the north, more than the south, But will place enough foxus on the south to fully conquer ,it where eastern Mindanao will be at their hands and Western Mindanao would be the last to fall in Mindanao
 
They will focus on the north, more than the south, But will place enough foxus on the south to fully conquer ,it where eastern Mindanao will be at their hands and Western Mindanao would be the last to fall in Mindanao
If the Spanish conquer Butuan and secure it, they will nip the Maguindanao Sultanate from the Bud and annex it because there are still no substantial Muslims then.
 
If the Spanish conquer Butuan and secure it, they will nip the Maguindanao Sultanate from the Bud and annex it.
They already joined the Spanish, The remaining Muslim mindanao would be the pain to conquer ITTL, Luzon Will fall if the neighboring Villages and tribes and other stuff you call them sees the Spanish as their savior from the Bruneian threat , as they will ally to Spain If Spain decided an approach to take mindanao and Luzon at the same time. As they feel threatened to Bruneian influence
 
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They already joined the Spanish, The remaining Muslim mindanao would be the pain to conquer ITTL, Luzon Will fall if the neighboring Villages and tribes and other stuff you call them sees the Spanish as their savior from the Bruneian threat , as they will ally to Spain If Spain decided an approach to take mindanao and Luzon at the same time. As they feel threatened to Bruneian influence
They would not be a pain to conquer, because the Sultanate of Maguindanao was just established in 1520 and the Spanish can nip it from the Bud.
 
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