Sinibaldo de Mas
Encyclopedia
Sinibaldo de Mas y Sanz (1809, Barcelona
– 1868, Madrid
) was a known Spanish government
diplomat to Asia
during the 19th century. An adventurer and a poet, he introduced photography in the Philippines
in 1841. He was also a Spanish ambassador to Macau
. He was also a supporter of Iberian Federalism, having proposed a combined flag.
in 1834. During his two-and-a-half-year stay in the Philippines
, de Mas made a living by taking photographs because of limited financial support from the Spanish government. It was believed that de Mas obtained his daguerreotype camera
either in Spain or from Bengala, India
in 1839. He wrote the Informe sobre el estado de las Filipinas en 1842 (A Report on the Status of the Philippines in 1842).
Barcelona
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– 1868, Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
) was a known Spanish government
Spanish Government
Spain is a constitutional monarchy whose government is defined by the Constitution of Spain. This was approved by a general referendum of the people of Spain in 1978...
diplomat to Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
during the 19th century. An adventurer and a poet, he introduced photography in the Philippines
Pioneers of photography in the Philippines
The pioneers of photography in the Philippines were Western photographers, mostly from Europe. The practice of taking photographs and the opening of the first photo studios in Spanish Philippines, from the 1840s to the 1890s, were driven by the following reasons: photographs were used as a medium...
in 1841. He was also a Spanish ambassador to Macau
Macau
Macau , also spelled Macao , is, along with Hong Kong, one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China...
. He was also a supporter of Iberian Federalism, having proposed a combined flag.
In the Philippines
De Mas left SpainSpain
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in 1834. During his two-and-a-half-year stay in the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
, de Mas made a living by taking photographs because of limited financial support from the Spanish government. It was believed that de Mas obtained his daguerreotype camera
Daguerreotype
The daguerreotype was the first commercially successful photographic process. The image is a direct positive made in the camera on a silvered copper plate....
either in Spain or from Bengala, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
in 1839. He wrote the Informe sobre el estado de las Filipinas en 1842 (A Report on the Status of the Philippines in 1842).
General
- Sinibaldo de Mas, Spanish-language Wikipedia, es.Wikipedia.org, retrieved on: August 11, 2007
- Rocamora, Jose Antonio. El nacionalismo ibérico: 1732-1936 (Iberian Nationalism: 1732-1936), Publicaciones universidad de Valladolid (language: Spanish).
External links
- Portrait of Sinibaldo de Mas at Seacex.es