Historia de Siam - Thailand

First contacts with Europe

ns were the first people in Europe to interact directly with Siam. Centuries elapsed between the time the first information about Siam was received in the Iberian Peninsula and the period when its rulers perceived this Asian territory in a more or less coherent framework. This work studies the changes in perceptions of the Kingdom of Siam as it evolved from the earliest mythical references, in a long process that was neither uniform nor reliant merely on the receipt of data. Focusing on these early perceptions, this study notes the Iberians’ different reactions to this new knowledge, the roles of individuals, and how the parallel processes of their own budding national identities affected the outcome. Despite Lisbon and Madrid's different strategies for their presence in Asia, the wilful cooperation of individuals provided a chance to join forces in a common target resulting in the, albeit failed, expeditions of conquest to Cambodia in the 1590’s. Learning who the Siamese, Burmese or Malays were and how they differed from each other also helped to further expansionism.

"The Castilians discover Siam: Changing Visions and Self-Discovery"

The Journal of the Siam Society (JSS), founded 1904, 2007, vol.95: 1-23.

Tras las huellas del Elefante Blanco

la imagen de Siam en España durante el reinado de Chulalongkorn (1868-1910)

(firmado con David Almazán Tomás)

Artigrama. Revista del Departamento de Historia de Arte,  Vol. 17, 473-491, Zaragoza, 2002

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Siam y los contactos exteriores de Filipinas, 1565-1898

 Revista Española del Pacífico, Año 14, N. 14, Asociación Española de Estudios del Pacífico, 2004, pp. 111-126.

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Españoles en Siam, 1540-1939. Una aportación al estudio de la presencia hispana en Asia Oriental

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