TY  - BOOK
AU  - Giraldez,Arturo
TI  - The Age of Trade: The Manila Galleons and the Dawn of the Global Economy
T2  - Exploring World History Series
SN  - 9781442243521
AV  - VM113.P6 -- G57 2015eb 
U1  - 382/.0903 
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Blue Ridge Summit
PB  - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
KW  - Manila (Philippines) -- Commerce -- History
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- CHAPTER ONE. The Philippines before the Spaniards -- CHAPTER TWO. The Origins of Spanish Settlement in the Philippines -- CHAPTER THREE. Spanish Settlement in the Philippines -- CHAPTER FOUR. The Seventeenth Century -- CHAPTER FIVE. The Galleons -- CHAPTER SIX. The Economy of the Line -- CHAPTER SEVEN. The Eighteenth Century and the Galleon Line -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author
N2  - Arturo Giraldez provides a rich history of the ships and sailors that launched the global economy. Beginning with the founding of Manila in 1571 and ending in 1815 when the last galleon left Acapulco for the Philippines, these vessels braved weather and pirates to establish a vital connection between the Spanish empire in America with Asia
UR  - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=1996181
ER  -