| Item Call Number |
FP00464 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
FP00464 |
| Local Free-text Call Number (oclc) |
- Classification number - FP00464
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Jose Basco y Vargas
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| General Note |
- General note - During his term as governor of the Philippines, Basco adopted a policy to make the colony financially self-sufficient. To increase revenues, he tried to improve agriculture, commerce, and industry according to a general economic plan. He encouraged mining, the propagation of silkworms and mulberry trees, the planting of cotton and spices, and the manufacture of textile and porcelain. The government also had a monopoly on the cultivation and sale of certain crops. The painting of Basco shown in this photo is in the Museo Naval de Madrid.
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| Ownership And Custodial History |
- History - Filipinas Heritage Library
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| Local Note (rlin) |
- Local note - El Gobernador de Filipinas don Jose Basco y vargas, gran propulsor de la Sociedad de Economica de Manila.Caption Note)
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Spaniards
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| Subject Faceted Topical Term |
- Focus term - 1778-1787
- Focus term - agriculture
- Focus term - bourbon reforms
- Focus term - commerce
- Focus term - cotton
- Focus term - economicplan
- Focus term - governors
- Focus term - industry
- Focus term - la sociedad economica del amigos del pair
- Focus term - mining
- Focus term - monopoly
- Focus term - mulberry
- Focus term - painting
- Focus term - pixel
- Focus term - porcelain
- Focus term - portrait
- Focus term - revenues
- Focus term - rodriguez baena
- Focus term - silkworm
- Focus term - spices
- Focus term - textile
- Focus term - trade
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