TY  - ADVS
TI  - Jose Basco y Vargas
KW  - Spaniards
KW  - 1778-1787
KW  - agriculture
KW  - bourbon reforms
KW  - commerce
KW  - cotton
KW  - economicplan
KW  - governors
KW  - industry
KW  - la sociedad economica del amigos del pair
KW  - mining
KW  - monopoly
KW  - mulberry
KW  - painting
KW  - pixel
KW  - porcelain
KW  - portrait
KW  - revenues
KW  - rodriguez baena
KW  - silkworm
KW  - spices
KW  - textile
KW  - trade
N1  - During his term as governor of the Philippines, Basco adopted a policy to make the colony financially self-sufficient. To increase revenues, he tried to improve agriculture, commerce, and industry according to a general economic plan.  He encouraged mining, the propagation of silkworms and mulberry trees, the planting of cotton and spices, and the manufacture of textile and porcelain.  The government also had a monopoly on the cultivation and sale of certain crops.    The painting of Basco shown in this photo is in the Museo Naval de Madrid
UR  - http://retrato.com.ph/retratoimages/Midsize/FP/FP00464a.jpg
UR  - http://retrato.com.ph/retratoimages/Thumb/FP/FP00464a.jpg
UR  - http://www.retrato.com.ph/photodtl.asp?id=FP00464
ER  -