Book ID: CBB001422147

The Age of Trade: Manila Galleons and the Dawn of the Global Economy (2015)

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Giráldez, Arturo (Author)


Rowman & Littlefield


Publication Date: 2015
Physical Details: xii + 255 pp.; ill.; bibl.
Language: English

This groundbreaking book presents the first full history of the Manila galleons, which marked the true beginning of a global economy. Arturo Giraldez, the world's leading scholar of the galleons, traces the rise of the maritime route, which began with the founding of the city of Manila in 1571 and ended in 1815 when the last galleon left the port of Acapulco in New Spain (Mexico) for the Philippines, establishing a permanent connection between the Spanish empire in America with Asian countries, most importantly China, the main supplier of commodities during that era. Throughout the two-and-a-half-century history of the Manila galleons, the strategic commodity fuelling global networks was always silver. Giraldez shows how this most important of precious metals shaped world history, with influences that stretch to the present.

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Authors & Contributors
Guerrero, Saúl
José María Moreno Madrid
Thurner, Lance C.
Zhao, Gang
Suzanne, Schwarz
Silke, Strickrodt
Concepts
Sea travel
Trade
Ships and shipbuilding
Cross-cultural interaction; cultural influence
Spain, colonies
Silver
Time Periods
18th century
17th century
19th century
16th century
Early modern
20th century, early
Places
Europe
China
Indian Ocean
Americas
Pacific Ocean
Bolivia
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