Sinibaldo de Mas

Infobox Writer
name = Sinibaldo de Mas y Sanz


caption = Sinibaldo de Mas
birthdate = 1809
birthplace = Barcelona, Spain
deathdate = 1868
deathplace = Madrid, Spain
occupation = diplomat, ambassador, photographer, poet, traveler

Sinibaldo de Mas y Sanz (b. 1809, Barcelona – d. 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 Macao, China. [http://www.seacex.es/documentos/imag_colonial_22_ingles.pdf Guardiola, Juan. The Philippine Imaginary, Sociedad Española de Acción Cultural en el Exterior (SEACEX), (note:Sinibaldo de Mas is mentioned on page 4), Casa Asia and Seacex.es (undated)] , retrieved on: August 11, 2007]

In the Philippines

De Mas left Spain 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).

References

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General

* [http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinibaldo_de_Mas 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

* [http://www.seacex.es/documentos/imag_colonial_04_foto.pdf Portrait of Sinibaldo de Mas] at Seacex.es