#OnThisDay September 14, 1815, the Galleon Trade between the Philippines and Mexico ended.
Galeón de Manila (Manila Galleons) were Spanish trading ships which for two and a half centuries linked the Philippines with Mexico across the Pacific Ocean, which were both part of New Spain. The name of the galleon changed to reflect the city that the ship sailed from. The term Manila Galleons is also used to refer to the trade route itself between Acapulco and Manila, which lasted from 1565 to 1815.
The Manila Galleon trade route was inaugurated in 1565 after Augustinian friar and navigator Andrés de Urdaneta discovered the tornaviaje or return route from the Philippines to Mexico. The first successful round trips were made by Urdaneta and by Alonso de Arellano that year. The route lasted until 1815 when the Mexican War of Independence broke out. The Manila galleons or Manila-Acapulco galleons sailed the Pacific for nearly three centuries, bringing to Spain their cargoes of luxury goods and economic benefits. The route also created a cultural exchange that shaped the identities and culture of the countries involved.
In exchange, the return voyage brought innumerable and valuable flora and fauna into the Philippines. The moriones festival, the image of the Black Nazarene of Quiapo, and others, were also of Spanish and Mexican origins. - from Bohol Provincial Library FB page
References:
1. Philippine Almanac Book of Facts 1986 Edition, p. 51
2. Williams, Glyn (1999). The Prize of All the Oceans. New York: Viking. p. 4
3. Wikimedia Commons
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