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?
Will the dutch attach their new colony to the DEI, if company rule is abolished?
How does this affect dutch power projection in the South China Sea and the Pacific?
With the dutch in control of Spain's silver dumping post and overall trade point into China, what are the effects on the spanish colonial empire in the Americas?
How will the dutch deal with the southern filipino sultanates? And with the catholic filipinos?
If so, then what are the effects on the dutch and spanish colonial empires?
Will the dutch attach their new colony to the DEI, if company rule is abolished?
How does this affect dutch power projection in the South China Sea and the Pacific?
With the dutch in control of Spain's silver dumping post and overall trade point into China, what are the effects on the spanish colonial empire in the Americas?
How will the dutch deal with the southern filipino sultanates? And with the catholic filipinos?