I've been doing some research on early immigration to North America from Asia, does anyone know of any good resources on this topic? The internet covers some interesting parts of this topic, such as:
- Luzonians travelling to Morro Bay in modern day California in 1587, Filipino sailors landing near the Bay Area in 1595 on a Spanish ship (not immigration, but nonetheless interesting)
- I've read claims that there was Filipino settlement in modern day Louisiana created in 1587 by Filipino pirates called Manila Village
- Filipino smugglers and fisherman serving under General Jackson during the Battle of New Orleans
- Numerous Asians brought to modern day Mexico as slaves in the 16th century
- Some immigration to the US from China in the early 19th century due to trade
- Numerous Japanese sailors being rescued by American ships, some of them later working with Commodore Perry, some of them ending up permanently residing in the US
- 70 Chinese and Filipino immigrants serving the American Civil War
- Some Chinese immigration to the US in the mid to late 19th century, primarily to work on railroads, numerous recorded attacks and massacres against Chinese immigrants (Rock Springs massacre, the Chinese massacre of 1871)
- Numerous Chinese immigrants also coming to Canada in the 19th century to work on railroad work
- Chinese immigrants being brought to Vancouver island
- Some immigration to the US from the Philippines after the US annexation in 1898
- Numerous Korean, Japanese, and Chinese immigrants coming to Mexico for work around the turn of the century
- The killings of hundreds of Chinese immigrants in the Torreón massacre (happened in 1911, but still notable)