The age of trade : the Manila galleons and the dawn of the global economy /
"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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham, Maryland :
Rowman and Littlefield,
[2015]
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Colección: | Exploring world history.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.