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San Felipe Incident

Type Event Region Asia Time 1596

In October 1596 the Spanish Manila galleon San Felipe, en route to Mexico, was caught in a typhoon and ran aground on the coast of Tosa (Shikoku), Ja…

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  1. 1596Coast of Tosa Province · ShikokuThe San Felipe ran aground in a typhoon while sailing from Manila to Acapulco; the Toyotomi regime detained the ship and confiscated valuable goods such as silk and silver, citing violations of the maritime ban.
  2. 1596Osaka · KansaiSome Spanish crew members were executed and survivors expelled; the Spanish representative in Japan protested without success, the incident heightened Japanese-Spanish tensions, and it provided a diplomatic pretext for Toyotomi Hideyoshi's renewed invasion of Korea the following year.

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