Author: Gregorio F. Zaide
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Category : Philippines
Languages : en
Pages : 628

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Author: Gregorio F. Zaide
Publisher:
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Category : Philippines
Languages : en
Pages : 267

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Author: Gregorio F. Zaide
Publisher:
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Category : Philippines
Languages : en
Pages : 640

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Author: Charles A. Truxillo
Publisher: Jain Publishing Company
ISBN: 0895818647
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 179

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Author: Luis Camara Dery
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Category : Nationalism and feminism
Languages : en
Pages : 340

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Author: Philippines
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Category : Gazettes
Languages : en
Pages : 958

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Author: Gregorio F. Zaide
Publisher: Rex Bookstore, Inc.
ISBN: 9789712314728
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 404

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Author: Dennis O. Flynn
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134669038
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 272

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This book provides an overview of five centuries of Pacific and Pacific Rim economic and trade history, making it a valuable contribution to understanding of the increasing global importance of this region.

Author: Shirley Fish
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 145677543X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 553

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During the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries, the transpacific treasure galleons sailed annually from Manila to Acapulco. In Manila, the vessel was loaded with the scented spices of the East, luxurious silks from China, exquisite hand crafted lacquerware from Japan and a multitude of Oriental goods that the Spaniards of New Spain longed to own. The returning galleon from Acapulco to Manila, carried as much as 2.5 million silver pesos in payment of the goods sent to the New Spain in the previous year, as well as a yearly silver subsidy of 250,000 reales for the maintenance of the colonial government in the Philippines. But while the galleons mainly sailed alone and unaccompanied from Manila to Acapulco and vice versa, they were vulnerable to a host of calamities and misfortunes. A fire on board the vessel or a terrifying storm could end the voyage and the lives of every one on the ship even before the galleon was able to reach land. Additionally, the commanders of the galleons were always threatened by lurking pirates and privateers who preyed on the vessels and coveted the treasures they carried. The book describes in detail how the galleons were attacked at sea and how they fought against enemy vessels, as well as how many of the ships sank or were shipwrecked over the years. It also covers their management, construction, manning, weaponry, navigation, daily life on the ship, provisions, cargoes and voyages. The book contains an annotated list of the galleons sailing between the Philippines and Mexico from 1565 to 1815. This informative book is the first of its kind to cover such an expansive history of the Pacific galleons which up to this point had remained largely untold.

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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 864

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