Sinibaldo de Mas

Sinibaldo de Mas i Sans (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.[1] He was also a supporter of Iberian Federalism, having proposed a combined flag.

In this Catalan name, the first or paternal surname is de Mas and the second or maternal family name is Sans; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".
Sinibaldo de Mas y Sanz
Born1809 (1809)
Barcelona, Spain
Died1868 (aged 58–59)
Madrid, Spain
Occupationdiplomat, ambassador, photographer, poet, traveler

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).[1]

References

Specific
  1. 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) Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved on: August 11, 2007

General
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