Spanish Experience in Taiwan, 1626-1642, The: The Baroque Ending of a Renaissance Endeavour

This book on the Spanish presence in Taiwan (1626-1642) shows the Spanish efforts to counterbalance the Dutch encroaching in China waters, and the aim to facilitate to the missionaries their way to China. Besides, Professor Borao constructs a new historical realm in which we can observe the transition from the Renaissance originated adventures to their pragmatic Baroque endings.