END OF THE GALLEON

TRADE (1565-1815)

SHANE M. RIVAS
GALLEON TRADE
-Also known as Manila–Acapulco Trade
-Manila Galleon ("Nao de China" or "Nao de
Acapulco")
- The longest running shipping line of its time.
Carrying silver, gold, spices, silk and objects
that were fashionable between 1565- 1815.
 Who discovered galleon
trade?
Fray Andrés de Urdaneta
-Discovered and plotted an easterly route
across Pacific Ocean,from the Philippines
to Acapulco .
-Well-known circumnavigator before his stint
as an Augustinian priest.
The so-called Manila Galleon (“Nao de China” or “Nao
de Acapulco”) brought porcelain, silk, ivory, spices,
and myriad other exotic goods from China to Mexico
in exchange for New World silver. (It is estimated that
as much as one-third of the silver mined in New Spain
and Peru went to the Far East.) On the return leg, the
precious Asian wares traveled across the Pacific, via
the Philippines (colonized by Spain in the late
sixteenth century), to Acapulco on Mexico’s west
coast.
The Manila galleons (Spanish: Galeón de Manila; Filipino:
Galyon ng Maynila) were Spanish trading ships which for two
and a half centuries linked the Spanish Crown’s Viceroyalty of
New Spain, based in Mexico City, with her Asian territories,
collectively known as the Spanish East Indies, across the
Pacific Ocean. The ships made one or two round-trip voyages
per year between the ports of Acapulco and Manila. The name
of the galleon changed to reflect the city that the ship sailed
from.[1] The term Manila galleon can also refer to the trade
route itself between Acapulco and Manila, which lasted from
1565 to 1815.
The route also fostered cultural exchanges that shaped the
identities and culture of the countries involved.

The Manila galleons were also (somewhat confusingly) known

in New Spain as La Nao de la China ("The China Ship") on
their voyages from the Philippines because they carried
mostly Chinese goods, shipped from Manila.
EXPORTS WENT TO MEXICO
• Chinese tea and
textiles
• Mango de Manila
• Tamarind and rice
• Carabao
• Cockfighting
• Tuba
• Fireworks
• Tsaa
IMPORTS FROM MEXICO
• Flora and Fauna
• Guava
• Avocado
• Papaya
• Pineapple
• Horses
• Cattle
How did the galleon trade
ended?
• THE Manila Galleon Trade lasted for 250
years and ended in 1815 with Mexico's
war of independence.
When did the galleon trade start and
end?
• The Manila Galleon Trade (1565–1815)
WHERE GALLEON TRADE
ENDED
• On September 14, 1815, the galleon
trade between the Philippines and
Mexico ended a few years before
Mexico gained independence from
Spain in 1821.
How did the Philippines benefited?
• It helped to fashion the very society
of the Philippines, which relied upon
its income, its merchandise, and the
services of Chinese, Malay, and
other participants.
When was the last galleon arrived in
Manila?
• The last galleon from Manila arrived in
Acapulco in 1811, and the galleon
Magellan was the last to sail from
Acapulco for Manila in 1815.
THE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE EFFECT OF
GALLEON TRADE IN THE PHILIPPINES
Its good effects were:
(a) it increases the government's revenue;
(b) it conserves natural resources for the
future; and
(c) it developed good relationship between
countries.
While it bad effects were:
(a) it only shares benefits to few people;
(b) neglect the development of rural areas.
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