Japanese Immigration into Latin America

The early relations of Latin America and Japan, representing a distinct chapter in the discovery of East Asia by the West, are attributable to the initial thrust of West European expansion beginning in the late fifteenth century, led by Portugal and Spain. Magellan claimed the Philippines for Spain in 1521, and following the conquest of Mexico, and later Peru, Spain sought to establish a trans-Pacific route for communication and commerce. The conquest of the Philippines, carried on from 1565 to 1571 under the leadership of Miguel López de Legaspi, foreshadowed the beginning of the Manila-Acapulco trade, which was subsequently carried on until 1815. In 1606 there were 3,000 Japanese colonists in Manila, and 15,000 in Dilao, which included Manila. Some Japanese, as well as Chinese, served as crew members on the Spanish galleons, and it is probable that these Japanese were the first in recorded history to reach the Americas (Ishii, 1937: 88; Bradley, 1942: 11; Meskill et al., 1971: 74-86; Schurz, 1939: 99-128

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• El galeón de Manila

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• The Western World and Japan

  Delmer M Brown, G B Sansom et al.•The American Historical Review•1950

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• Japanese Postwar Migration to Brazil

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• The Integration and Participation of the Japanese and their Descendants in Brazilian Society

  Open Access•Hiroshi Saito•International Migration•1976

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• The Spanish Empire in America

  Henry Grattan Doyle, C H Haring•Hispania•1947

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  Open Access•Yosaburo Yoshida•The Annals of the American…•1909

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• The Western World and Japan

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• The Origin and Growth of the Brazilian Network of Towns

  Open Access•Pierre Deffontaines•Geographical Review•1938

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• The Population of Japan

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• Population Pressure and Economic Life in Japan

  Corrado Gini, Ryoichi Ishii•Pacific Affairs•1937

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• The Japanese in South America

  A Curtis Wilgus, J F Normano et al.•Pacific Affairs•1943

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• Shindō Remmei

  James Lawrence Tigner•Hispanic American Historical Review•1961

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