The Age of Trade: The Manila Galleons and the Dawn of the Global Economy (Exploring World History)
Book Details
Author(s)
Giraldez, Arturo
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN / ASIN
0742556638
ISBN-13
9780742556638
Availability
In Stock.
Sales Rank
#694,638
Category
Business & Economics
Marketplace
United States 🇺🇸
Description
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.
