At the height of the Spanish empire, the Manila galleon turned Acapulco into a hub for the entire world's trade networks.

Crew aboard Spanish trading ships departing from Manila may have introduced techniques for distilling coconut sap – helping ...

Madrid, Sep 15 (EFE). — The Manila Galleon, a trade route that for 250 years linked Asia, America and Europe, became the protagonist of a new grand exhibit inaugurated Thursday at Madrid’s ...

The Galeón Andalucía, a replica of a 17th century Spanish galleon used during the Galleon Trade, is docked at the Manila South Harbor for the October 8 celebration of Día del Galeón, the international ...

The Spanish ship, sunk in the late 1700s off the Philippines, carried mission bells and an odd mix of items from China and Central America. Galleon's Cargo Full of Puzzles - Los Angeles Times ...

MANILA, Philippines - A replica of a 17th century Spanish galleon docked at the South Harbor in Manila yesterday. Manning the 51-meter Andalucia is an all-Spanish crew of 28 men and women. The ...

The Manila Galleons were Spanish trading ships that for more than 200 years linked the Philippines and Mexico. “While ships from the Philippines carried crafts and goods like china, ...

Then, Miguel Lopez de Legazpi moved the main Spanish settlement to Panay, and later to Manila. The ships also followed to Manila Bay; this transfer ended the early exchange of galleons between ...

In effect, a Manila galleon was a 700-plus-ton sitting duck. Thomas Cavendish, general of the British ships ... Wagner, Henry R., Spanish Voyages to the Northwest Coast of America in the ...

The cannonball is believed to be from the wreck of the San Francisco, a Spanish galleon that sank in a storm off the coast of Japan in 1609, the BBC reports.Experts from the University of New ...