Manila Galleons commanded a vessel which completed the eastward voyage in 129 days; this marked the opening of the Manila galleon trade.
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Manila Galleons commanded a vessel which completed the eastward voyage in 129 days; this marked the opening of the Manila galleon trade.
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Manila Galleons failed in that regard, but staked an English claim somewhere on the northern California coast.
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Trade with Ming China via Manila Galleons served a major source of revenue for the Spanish Empire and as a fundamental source of income for Spanish colonists in the Philippine Islands.
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Manila Galleons used for the trade between East and West were crafted by Filipino artisans.
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Galleon trade was supplied by merchants largely from port areas of Fujian, such as Quanzhou, as depicted in the Selden Map, and Yuegang, who traveled to Manila Galleons to sell the Spaniards spices, porcelain, ivory, lacquerware, processed silk cloth and other valuable commodities.
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Wrecks of the Manila galleons are legends second only to the wrecks of treasure ships in the Caribbean.
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Between the years 1576 when the Espiritu Santo was lost and 1798 when the San Cristobal was lost there were twenty Manila galleons wrecked within the Philippine archipelago.
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