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The age of trade : the Manila galleons and the dawn of the global economy
- Title
- The age of trade : the Manila galleons and the dawn of the global economy / Arturo Giraldez.
- Author
- Giráldez, Arturo
- Publication
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]
- ©2015
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Details
- Description
- xii, 257 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- "This groundbreaking book traces the rich and perilous history of the ships and sailors that launched the global economy. The line of navigation between Asia and the Americas, the Manila galleons first set sail from the Philippines in 1565, remaining the lifeblood of world trade until the last galleon voyage of 1815. Drawing on a remarkable body of research, leading scholar Arturo Giraldez 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 fueling global networks was always silver. Giraldez shows how this most important of precious metals shaped world history, with influences that stretch to the present." --book jacket.
- Series Statement
- Exploring world history
- Uniform Title
- Exploring world history.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-237) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- The Philippines before the Spaniards -- The origins of Spanish settlement in the Philippines -- Spanish settlement in the Philippines -- The seventeenth century -- The galleons -- The economy of the line -- The eighteenth century and the galleon line.
- Call Number
- JFE 15-7498
- ISBN
- 9780742556638
- 0742556638
- 9781442243521 (canceled/invalid)
- OCLC
- 890625274
- Author
- Giráldez, Arturo, author.
- Title
- The age of trade : the Manila galleons and the dawn of the global economy / Arturo Giraldez.
- Publisher
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]
- Copyright Date
- ©2015
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Exploring world historyExploring world history.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-237) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 15-7498