Sinibaldo de Mas i Sans (1809, Barcelona – 1868, Madrid) was a known

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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.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 He was also a supporter of

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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 Bengal, 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).

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* 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).

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Portrait of Sinibaldo de Mas
at Seacex.es 1809 births 1868 deaths Photography in the Philippines Spanish poets Spanish photographers Ambassadors of Spain Spanish sinologists Spanish male poets 19th-century poets 19th-century male writers {{Spain-poet-stub