German–Spanish Treaty (1899)
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The German–Spanish Treaty of 1899, signed by the German Empire and the Kingdom of Spain, involved Spain selling the majority of its Pacific possessions not lost in the Spanish–American War to Germany
Handover of the Western Carolines on 3 November 1899
Spanish East Indies
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The Spanish East Indies were the colonies of the Spanish Empire in Asia and Oceania from 1565 to 1901, governed through the captaincy general in Manila for the Spanish Crown, initially reporting to Me
German–Spanish Treaty (1899)
…became independent while the United States took possession of Puerto Rico along with the Philippines and Guam from Spain's Pacific Ocean colonies, the Spanish East Indies. This left Spain with only its African possessions of Spanish Sahara, Ifni, and Spanish Guinea, and with about 6,000 tiny, sparsely populated, and not…
Trades in the Manila through the Rio de Pasig.
Infantry army uniforms in the Philippines, 1856
Routes of early Spanish expeditions in the Philippines.
Native Filipino, 1800s.