European Entry into the Pacific: Spain and the Acapulco-Manila Galleons

by Flynn,Dennis O.

• ISBN13: 9780754601524
• ISBN10: 0754601528
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-08-28
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

World history conventionally ignores or underestimates the importance of Manila, the Manila galleons, and the Philippines as key stages in the development of trans-Pacific contact and of the world economy. Essays in this volume discuss Philippine-Asian exchanges prior to the entry of Europeans, and then look at European influences and the impact of Magellan's voyage, and the emergence of Manila as one of global trade's crucial linchpins during four centuries. Linkages between Latin America and China, and Spanish-Japanese competition for the Chinese marketplace are important topics. Tensions and cooperation among Chinese, Japanese, Iberians, Africans, Christians, Muslims and others on Philippine soil are also covered. This volume suggests the need for thorough re-evaluation of the Philippines' central role in terms of both Pacific history and global history as perhaps the single most important stage in the traffic that linked China and Latin America.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vii
General Editor's Preface	ix
Introduction	xiii
PART ONE - THE GALLEONS IN A LARGER CONTEXT
Geographical Exploration by the Spaniards	1	(54)
Donald D. Brand
The Relations of the Chinese to the Philippine Islands	55	(38)
Berthold Laufer
PART TWO - INITIATING THE GALLEON TRADE
The Mediterranean Connection	93	(16)
William Henry Scott
Crusade or Commerce? Spanish-Moro Relations in the Sixteenth Century	109	(8)
William Henry Scott
Spain and Spanish Trade in Southeast Asia	117	(22)
M.N. Pearson
The Japanese Trade and Residence in the Philippines: Before and During the Spanish Occupation	139	(26)
M.T. Paske-Smith
PART THREE - IMPACTS OF THE GALLEON TRADE THROUGH THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY: THEORY AND EVIDENCE
Plata es Sangre: Sidelights on the Drain of Spanish-American Silver in the Far East, 1550-1700	165	(22)
C.R. Boxer
Le Galion de Manille: Grandeur et decadence d'une route de la soie	187	(16)
Pierre Chaunu
Las Conexiones e Intercambios Americanos con el Oriente Bajo el Marco Imperial Espanol	203	(38)
Alvaro Jara
The Chinese Silk Trade with Spanish-America from the Late Ming to the Mid-Ch'ing Period	241	(20)
Han-sheng Chuan
Arbitrage, China, and World Trade in the Early Modern Period	261	(20)
Dennis O. Flynn
Arturo Giraldez
PART FOUR - FURTHER IMPACTS OF THE GALLEON TRADE
Eighteenth Century Philippine Economy: Commerce	281	(28)
Maria Lourdes Diaz-Trechuelo
Aventuras asiaticas del peso mexicano	309	(28)
John McMaster
Two and a Half Centuries of the Galleon Trade	337	(30)
Benito Legarda, Jr.
Index	367