10 Facts About Manila Galleons

Manila Galleons commanded a vessel which completed the eastward voyage in 129 days; this marked the opening of the Manila galleon trade.

Manila Galleons failed in that regard, but staked an English claim somewhere on the northern California coast.

Manila Galleons stopped in Monterey prior to California's settlement by the Spanish in 1769; however visits became regular between 1777 and 1794 because the Crown ordered the galleon to stop in Monterey.

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.

Manila Galleons used for the trade between East and West were crafted by Filipino artisans.

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The Manila Galleons trade became so lucrative that Seville merchants petitioned king Philip II of Spain to protect the monopoly of the Casa de Contratacion based in Seville.

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.

Manila Galleons transported the goods to be sold in the Americas, namely in New Spain and Peru, as well as in European markets.

Wrecks of the Manila galleons are legends second only to the wrecks of treasure ships in the Caribbean.

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.