It plans to link this history with the present and the importance of globalization from the pacific region perspective in a permanent and dynamic educational context. The first thorough study of this maritime line is the manila galleon schurz 1939. For two hundred and fifty yearsfrom 1565 to 1815they regularly made the fivetoeight month voyage across the pacific between manila and acapulco. The arrival of the spanish galleons in manila from the. Manila galleon, spanish sailing vessel that made an annual round trip one vessel per year across the pacific between manila, in the philippines, and acapulco, in present mexico, during the period 15651815. Kalakalang galyon ng maynila at acapulco were spanish trading ships which for two and a half centuries linked the philippines with mexico across the pacific ocean, making one or two roundtrip voyages per year between the ports of acapulco and manila, which were both part of new spain. The paper does not aim to produce new findings on the manila galleon trade, but to propose this wider approach and perspective. Welcome to the manilaacapulco galleon museum galeon. The celebration will be held on october 8 11, 2010 with a cruise from manila cebu manila.
The manila galleon trade 15651815 filipinos on these spanish sailing ships to spanish america for 250 years, spanish trading ships sailed the pacific ocean bringing goods from manila in the philippines to acapulco in spanish america which included, during this period, most of the southern united states from california to florida. Martinez shaw, carlos y marina alfonso mola comisarios. The research center envisions to develop international academic and cultural networks of research and information written about the manilaacapulco galleon. The west indies fleet and manila galleons asociacion cultural. Libro nuevo o segunda mano, sinopsis, resumen y opiniones. There will be lectures and activities in the boat about and related to the importance and contributions of the galleon on the spiritual, cultural, and economic developments of the different islands in the philippines. The archaeology of manila galleons the museum of underwater. By this name and other ones, like the nao of acapulco, the ship from china, etc. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. The largest and richest merchant ships of their age, the galleons carried to mexico all the fabulous luxuries of the orient and returned to the philippines laden with silver ingots. This unique book, the product of twentyseven years of research, relates the romantic history of the great spanish galleons, the most glamorous in the history of the seas. The largest and richest merchant ships of their age, the galleons carried.
They were the sole means of communication between spain and its philippine colony and served as an economic lifeline for the spaniards in manila. Between the years 1576 when the espiritu santo was lost and 1798 when the san cristobal 2 was lost there were twenty manila galleons 21 wrecked within the philippine archipelago. Professor schurzs 27 years of research, this is the definitive history of the spanish galleons which for 250 years 1565 to 1815 regularly crossed the pacific between manila, the. The manilaacapulco galleon is one of the research topics that have attracted. The viceroyalty of new spain, or more exactly, that part of it which lay within the jurisdiction of the. The manilaacapulco galleon is one of the research topics that have attracted the attention of many researchers because the romanticism attached to the large maritime route in the world. They were the sole means of communication between spain and its philippine colony and. The paper does not aim to produce new findings on the manila galleon trade, but to propose this. The museum features an ongoing construction of a gargantuan galleon that will be thoroughly based on an 18th century naval architectural plan. The arrival of the spanish galleons in manila from the pacific ocean.
The research center envisions to develop international academic and cultural networks of research and information written about the manila acapulco galleon. Pdf the economics of the manila galleon researchgate. It is constructed in the highest standards possible. Professor schurzs 27 years of research, this is the definitive history of the spanish galleons which for 250 years 1565 to 1815 regularly crossed the pacific between manila, the philippines and acapulco in mexico.
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