Verse 11
Verse 11

During the latter reign of Mahmud I on the first decade of 1600, he would correspond with Ieyasu Tokugawa negotiating themselves as the intermediary between the Javanese and the Malays as they were before the Spanish came on its trading town and also the intermediary to the Spanish on Bigan which is the Hispanicized and Christian town on the Kingdom of Saludong.

Both Nobunaga and Ieyasu would have cordial relations with Saludong, however Mahmud I himself would be happy with the relations of Saludong to the Japanese, the Spanish and Portuguese would establish Christian Missions in Japan which would end up expelled on the early part of the 17th century ending up on the Island of Formosa or Hermosa which would be established as a Portuguese Colony and not a Castilian Colony on the NorthEast of the Island.

The Japanese Christian Exiles would retain their language and customs on the island, however the island has a hostile native population.
 
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Verse 12
Verse 12

In 1521, a Spanish expedition led by Ferdinand Magellan sailed west across the Pacific using the westward trade winds. The expedition discovered the Mariana Islands and the Philippines and claimed them for Spain. Although Magellan died there, one of his ships made it back to Spain by continuing westward.

In order to settle and trade with these islands from the Americas, an eastward maritime return path was necessary. The first ship to try this a few years later failed. In 1529, Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón also tried sailing east from the Philippines, but could not find the eastward winds across the Pacific. In 1543, Bernardo de la Torre also failed. In 1542, however, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo helped pave the way by sailing north from Mexico to explore the Pacific coast, reaching as far north as the Russian River, just north of the 38th parallel.

The Manila-Acapulco galleon trade finally began when Spanish navigators Alonso de Arellano and Andrés de Urdaneta discovered the eastward return route in 1565. Sailing as part of the expedition commanded by Miguel López de Legazpi to conquer the Philippines in 1565, Arellano and Urdaneta were given the task of finding a return route. Reasoning that the trade winds of the Pacific might move in a gyre as the Atlantic winds did, they had to sail north to the 38th parallel north, off the east coast of Japan, before catching the eastward-blowing winds ("westerlies") that would take them back across the Pacific.

Reaching the west coast of North America, Urdaneta's ship the San Pedro hit the coast near Cape Mendocino, California, then followed the coast south to San Blas and later to Acapulco, arriving on October 8, 1565. Most of his crew died on the long initial voyage, for which they had not sufficiently provisioned. Arellano, who had taken a more southerly route, had already arrived.

Due to the Sultanate of Saludong giving rights to the Spanish to the port cities in Saludong in its Peace Treaty, the city of Bigan or later Vigan would be Christianized and Hispanicized since the other cities would be loyal to Islam or Muslim religion, the Spanish trade from Japan and China would pass from Vigan and Manila to Mexico from Spain which would allow the Spanish to also exploit the Malay Spice trade as well, the Spanish would also avoid Saludong falling to Dutch influence as well.

Trade with Ming China via Manila served a major source of revenue for the Spanish Empire and as a fundamental source of income for Spanish colonists in the Philippine Islands. Until 1593, two or more ships would set sail annually from each port.The Manila trade became so lucrative that Seville merchants petitioned king Philip II of Spain to protect the monopoly of the Casa de Contratación based in Seville. This led to the passing of a decree in 1593 that set a limit of two ships sailing each year from either port, with one kept in reserve in Acapulco and one in Manila. An "armada" or armed escort of galleons, was also approved. Due to official attempts at controlling the galleon trade, contraband and understating of ships' cargo became widespread.
 
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Verse 13
Verse 13

Spanish Manila 1600

In this point, Dayang Kandarapa would be happy in her own death and she is happy to be with Juan de Salcedo

Dayang Kandarapa

“I am happy that I am able to marry you Juan de Salcedo.”

“I am happy that I am able to elope with you my love and have your children.”

Salcedo

“I am happy that I am with you, Dayang Kandarapa!”

Salcedo cries..

“You are dying Dayang Kandarapa..”

Dayang Kandarapa

“I am happy that we are two are a couple and were never apart.”

Due to Salcedo and Kandarapa’s efforts the Southern half of Saludong would completely be under the Spanish.
 
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As you notice that I changed the first chapter, it is because I added elements of my previous cancelled work and also i changed the Title.

As you see the Kingdom of Saludong is currently allying with the Spanish, I am going to write a short summary of the situation in the following update.
 
Verse 14
Verse 14

The State of the Philippines, what happened to the Philippines and the areas near it.

Saludong/Sambali(Saludong Sultanate)

Made a peace pact with the Spanish and gave the Spanish trade rights in its trading towns and gave away Meycauayan and Tondo, its people would remain muslim except for the town of Bigan on the reign of Sultan Mahmud I which would convert to christianity, the town of Bigan would be known as VIgan to the Spanish.

Ternate

Made a peace pact with the Spanish and the Spanish has trade rights with Ternate and Ternate is more open to conversion compared to Saludong, the Kingdom of Ternate, the Spanish would gradually take control of Minahasa which would be later incorporated to the Philippines.

Sulu Sultanate

Made a peace and trade pact with the Spanish and pirates from the Sulu Sultanate would get slaves from the Spanish controlled philippines which the Sultan cannot control and renounced its control of Zamboanga which Maguindanao also claims.

Palawan

Still a part of the Bruneian Empire although Kalamian and Kuyo was taken by the Spanish and christianized.

Maguindanao

The Maguindanao Sultanate would be humiliated by the Spanish acquisition of the lands of Zamboanga and the North of Mindanao, they would be very vindictive against the Spanish.

Philippines

Comprises of the South of the Island of Saludong or Luzon, Visayan Islands, Some parts of Mindanao including Zamboanga peninsula, both the Sangihe and Manado peninsula would be pulled by the Spanish in their control, it is organized under Mexico as a colony.

Spanish Formosa

Formosa is a Spanish/Portuguese colony in the North East of Formosa where the Christian Japanese exiled by the Shogun lives.
 
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Appendix I: Selurongese Language
Appendix I: Selurongese Language

I(I, Mine) – Nak/Saya
Mine –(insert item)-k(ku) ex kitabku/Libruk(My books)
We(Ours)(Inclusive)-Ikatam (tam),(tara(persuasive))
Our(Inclusive)– (insert item)-tam ex. kitabtam(Our Books)
We/Ours(Exclusive)-Ikami (kami)
Our(Exclusive) – (insert item)-mi ex. kitabmi(Our Books)
You(rs)(Singular) – Ikamu (kamu)
Yours(Singular) –(insert item)-mu ex kitabmu/Librum(Your books)
You(rs)(Plural) – Ikayu (kayu)
Yours(Plural) –(insert item)-nu ex kitabnu/Librun(Your books)
Eat – Mangan(Kan)
Na/Tu - Of
Sa - In
Love – Idug (-Irug-)
To write - Magsurat
Big Thanks – Dakal nga Salamat
I love You - Idug(an) Taka
Is – Nga
Road - Dalan (Jalan)
House - Balay(-Bale-)
Here - Sitau
 
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To those who have seen my earlier timelines like Terraces and Pagodas, Terraces and Pagodas and this timeline is similar because this kind of long timeline is the reason why I am in this site because this is based on my long reseach since c. 2005 but compared to Terraces and Pagodas it has a more obvious POD rather than obscure one, I am one of the people in the forum posts in Asiafinest which was put in the book the Soils of the Philippines.
 
Verse 15
Verse 15

Throughout his youth, James VI and I of Scotland and England was praised for his chastity, since he showed little interest in women. After the loss of Lennox, he continued to prefer male company. A suitable marriage, however, was necessary to reinforce his monarchy, and the choice fell on fourteen-year-old Anne of Denmark, younger daughter of Protestant Frederick II. Shortly after a proxy marriage in Copenhagen in August 1589, Anne sailed for Scotland but was forced by storms to the coast of Norway. On hearing that the crossing had been abandoned, James sailed from Leith with a 300-strong retinue to fetch Anne personally in what historian David Harris Willson called "the one romantic episode of his life". The couple were married formally at the Bishop's Palace in Oslo on 23 November and returned to Scotland on 1 May 1590, after stays at Elsinore and Copenhagen and a meeting with Tycho Brahe. By all accounts, James was at first infatuated with Anne and, in the early years of their marriage. Anne of Denmark is said to be domineering and wanting more power and wanted to share power with her husband. The royal couple produced three children who survived to adulthood: Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales; Elizabeth; and Charles. Anne would survive her husband who died in 1619 and would wield much power with her son, Henry IX until her death in 1625.
 
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Verse 16
Verse 16

Shirō was born in 1621 in modern-day Kami-Amakusa, Kumamoto as the son of Catholic parents, Masuda Jinbei, a former Konishi clan retainer, and his wife. (According to some sources, Shirō may have been the illegitimate son of Toyotomi Hideyori.) Portuguese Jesuit missionaries had been active in Japan since the late 16th century. By the age of 15, the charismatic youth was known to his Japanese Catholic followers as "heaven's messenger". Miraculous powers were attributed to him.

Shiro was among Japanese Catholics who took over Hara Castle in a rebellion against the Shogunate. They mounted a coordinated defense that held off attackers, but the rebel force had no logistical support and their resolve was weakened. Shiro was said to display posters in the castle to raise morale and said, "Now, those who accompany me in being besieged in this castle, will be my friends unto the next world."

One of the rebel soldiers, Yamada Uemonsaku, betrayed Shirō. He got a message to the Shogunate that rebel food supplies were becoming strained. The Shogunate forces made a final assault, taking Hara Castle in the process. The Shogunate forces massacred almost 40,000 rebels, including women and children. Yamada, who betrayed his fellow rebels, was the only recorded survivor.

Shirō was taken captive, however they decided that it would be better if Shiro and the other christians in Kyushu would be exiled to Formosa rather than stay in persecution due to the negotiation of the Christians in Kyushu to free him with the bargain of their exile.

This would be the beginning of the Isolated era of Japan.
 
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Verse 17
Verse 17
The Sakoku Edict
The key points of the Edict of 1635 included:

“The Japanese were to be kept within Japan’s own boundaries. Strict rules were set to prevent them from leaving the country. Anyone caught trying to leave the country, or anyone who managed to leave and then returned from abroad, was to be executed. Europeans who entered Japan illegally would face the death penalty too.”

“Catholicism was strictly forbidden. Those found practicing the Christian faith were subject to investigation, and anyone associated with Catholicism would be punished. To encourage the search for those who still followed Christianity, rewards were given to those who were willing to turn them in. Prevention of missionary activity was also stressed by the edict; no missionary was allowed to enter, and if apprehended by the government, he would face imprisonment.”

“Trade restrictions and strict limitations on goods were set to limit the ports open to trade, and the merchants who would be allowed to engage in trade. Relations with the Portuguese were cut off entirely; Chinese merchants and those of the Dutch East India Company were restricted to enclaves in Nagasaki. Trade was also conducted with China through the semi-independent vassal kingdom of the Ryukyus, with Korea via the Tsushima Domain, and also with the Ainu people through the Matsumae Domain.”

The Sultanate of Saludong under the rule of Sulayman I who is the son of Mahmud I would also go into seclusion due to the end of the Japan/Ryukyu-Java/Malay trade due to the Sakoku edicts, the Spanish would abandon Vigan or Bigan as their port leaving the Christians in Bigan under complete Muslim rule.
 
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Verse 18
Verse 18

Catherine of France would enter Spain finally and made her joyous entry on the later part of 1592 and Philip II would make an attempt to marry her, however Philip II would die and Philip III and Catherine of France would join in matrimony on 1593 ending a possible betrothal between Margaret of Austria and Philip III.

Catherine of France would give birth to Catherine of Spain b. September 22, 1594, Maria of Spain b. February 1, 1598, Philip b. September 14, 1603, Charles b. May 16, 1605, Margaret b. September 22, 1610.

The marriage would cause the French to abstain from the Netherlands revolt and the English and Scots would replace their role on the Dutch War of Independence which would lead in the peace in 1630 mediated by the English between the Dutch and the Spanish.
 
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Verse 19
Verse 19

The Countries of Ternate, Sulu and Saludong would be able to fend and play of the Spanish and they would allow them to make ports in their countries while Japan would close completely to the Spanish on 1635 which would lead to the Dutch gaining an edge over the Spanish.

Saludong would choose an isolationist policy which would lead Saludong to not entertain any offers from the Dutch, which would result in Saludong choosing to be more isolationist in its policies and for that the Dutch would not be able to mount its trade with Saludong which would weaken the Dutch exchange with the Japanese.

The Spanish would have some interest to conquer Champa and Cambodia which would lead it to make some moves against the Chams first and the Spanish would plan ports in Champa.
 
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Verse 20
Verse 20

Marie de Medicis and Francis III of France would have these following children

Louis XIII, King of France September 27, 1597

Elisabeth, Duchess of Savoy November 22, 1600

Christine, Duchess of Lorraine February 10, 1606

Gaston, Duke of Orléans April 25,1608

Henrietta Maria November 25, 1609

Francis May 10, 1515

Francis III of France would continue the policies of Henry IV of France, his father and his religious toleration and chose to ally with Sweden since his own succession on 1610.

Christina (18 December [O.S. December 8] 1626 – 19 April 1689) reigned as Queen of Sweden from 1632 until her abdication in 1654. She was the only surviving legitimate child of King Gustav II Adolph and his wife Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg. At the age of six, Christina succeeded her father on the throne upon his death at the Battle of Lützen, but began ruling when she reached the age of 18.

Christina is remembered as one of the most educated women of the 17th century. She was fond of books, manuscripts, paintings, and sculptures. With her interest in religion, philosophy, mathematics and alchemy, she attracted many scientists to Stockholm, wanting the city to become the "Athens of the North." She was intelligent, fickle and moody; she rejected what the sexual role of a woman was at the time. She caused a scandal when she decided to marry Francis, de Bourbon, Prince du sang, the youngest son of Marie de Medicis and Francis III of France.
 
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Verse 21
Verse 21

At the time, it was customary for a company to be set up only for the duration of a single voyage and to be liquidated upon the return of the fleet. Investment in these expeditions was a very high-risk venture, not only because of the usual dangers of piracy, disease and shipwreck, but also because the interplay of inelastic demand and relatively elastic supply of spices could make prices tumble at just the wrong moment, thereby ruining prospects of profitability. To manage such risk the forming of a cartel to control supply would seem logical. The English had been the first to adopt this approach, by bundling their resources into a monopoly enterprise, the English East India Company in 1600, thereby threatening their Dutch competitors with ruin.

In 1602, the Dutch government followed suit, sponsoring the creation of a single "United East Indies Company" that was also granted monopoly over the Asian trade. For a time in the seventeenth century, they were able to monopolize the trade in nutmeg, mace, and cloves and to sell these spices in Europe and India at fourteen to seventeen times the price they paid in Indonesia; while Dutch profits soared, the local economy of the Spice Islands was destroyed. With a capital of 6,440,200 guilders, the charter of the new company empowered it to build forts, maintain armies, and conclude treaties with Asian rulers. It provided for a venture that would continue for 21 years, with a financial accounting only at the end of each decade.

Also in 1603 the first permanent Dutch trading post in Indonesia was established in Banten, West Java, and in 1611 another was established at Jayakarta (later "Batavia" and then "Jakarta"). In 1610, the VOC established the post of Governor General to more firmly control their affairs in Asia. To advise and control the risk of despotic Governors General, a Council of the Indies (Raad van Indië) was created. The Governor General effectively became the main administrator of the VOC's activities in Asia, although the Heeren XVII, a body of 17 shareholders representing different chambers, continued to officially have overall control.

The Dutch would lose their own edge in the Japanese trade due to Saludong not entertaining any trade deals with the Dutch and Formosa being settled by Japanese Christian refugees which would prevent the Dutch from establishing in the area and would make it a Spanish/Portuguese colony which would destroy the trade plans of Japan with the Dutch and the Japanese would only trade with the Chinese via Ryukyu due to what happened to the Dutch.
 
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Verse 22
Verse 22

On 1635, when Sulayman I would correspond with Philip IV of Spain particalarly about the isolationism chosen by his own kingdom and he would say that he would be able to depend that Saludong would never ally with the Dutch in order to prevent the Dutch who would have an interest in the japanese trade since the Dutch do not have a good intention in their land as he believes.

"The King of Spain, I have no interest in any alliance with the Dutch nor the Spanish in this point in time. ~ Sulayman I of Saludong"

The Spanish would focus on their wars in Mindanao due to Saludong being neutral with the Dutch and the Spanish which would mean that Saludong would not war with the Spanish or the Dutch,the Spanish would find the Sultanate of Maguindanao due to Sultan Kudarat of Maguindanao being the ruler of majority of Mindanao.
 
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Just removed the part regarding Rizal, there will be more future more exciting chapters, i hope you will remain supporting this TL.
 
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