Logistics in the expulsion of the Jesuits in the Philippines: the role of the Navy

Este artículo pretende analizar la operación de extrañamiento planeada y ejecutada por el gobierno de Filipinas, la provincia hispana más alejada de la metrópoli. Deportar a casi centenar y medio de jesuitas rumbo a Europa acarreó no pocos inconvenientes a las autoridades políticas isleñas, especialmente a la hora de preparar los buques encargados de tan delicada misión. Factores como la insularidad y la lejanía hicieron de la Marina la pieza clave dentro del engranaje del extrañamiento filipino.This article tries to analyse the expulsion operation planned and executed by the government of Philippines, the remotest Spanish province from the metropolis. To deport nearly one hundred an a half Jesuits towards Europe caused a lot of obstacles to the island political authorities, especially in order to prepare the vessels which were in charge of such a delicate mission. Thanks to factors as the insularity and the distance, the Navy was the key piece in the gear of the Philippines' expulsion