It is hard to comprehend the impact early trading had on the world today. The Spanish discovery and use of the Trans-Pacific trade route with Asia shaped the Asian region as we know it today. This time period of the Trans-Pacific trade is referred to as the Manila Galleon trade route period. The Spanish used Galleons as the main ships to transport goods to and from the Western Pacific, and many of the ships where constructed in Manila, Philippines, hence the name, Manila Galleon trade route. Spanish influence in the Philippines region can be traced back to the time period of the Manila Galleon trade route, mostly because the Spanish colonized this area. This led to major Spanish influence in religion, language, and other cultural backgrounds.
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As mentioned earlier, Manila and the entire Spanish colonization of the Philippines benefitted greatly from the trade route. The shipyards in the Philippines benefitted the most of anyone from the Manila Galleon Trade Route. Within a seven-year period nine galleons and six galleys were built in these shipyards due to the high demand of ships for the busy trade route (Book Cite). The average galleon took nearly 78,000 pesos and over 2,000 trees to produce and took months to finish because they had to be built as large as possible due to the long voyage (Cite Book). The shipyards were used predominantly to produce ships strictly for the trade route, but they still manufactured other ships such as war ships for the empire on the side. The Manila Galleon Trade Route was originally discovered to find a more efficient route to travel from Spain’s colonies in the Philippines and other islands to the Americas. The route then turned into a vast trade route with large profits for the Spanish Empire due to the China’s desire of silver. This led to a wide range of Asian luxury items being sold to the Spanish in exchange for the …show more content…
Chinese merchants from the Fujian Province would load the luxury items in ships and sail south to Manila were the actual trading occurred (Cite Book). The Spanish would then load the traded goods in Manila and sail to the Americas where they would either sell the goods, or load them again and send them to European markets. The cargo would arrive in Acapulco, then they would unload the goods and send them throughout the Americas. If the goods were to be sent to the European markets, they were transported across Mexico and reloaded at Veracruz and then sent to Spain by the Spanish treasure fleet (Cite Book). The Spanish even tried to shorten the route by using the Panamanian isthmus to transport the goods across Mexico because it was much narrower than the land in between Acapulco and Veracruz. Unfortunately, the thick jungle landscape was to challenging to move across (Cite Book). The route itself was very effective because it avoided a lot of headaches for the Spanish Empire. If they attempted to send the goods westward from Manila, they would have to travel across the Indian Ocean and sail around the southern tip of Africa which was reserved to Portugal. They would also have to regularly stop at other ports that were controlled by other nations such as Portugal and the Netherlands (Cite Book). The journey from Manila to Acapulco typically took four months to sail across
As mentioned earlier, Manila and the entire Spanish colonization of the Philippines benefitted greatly from the trade route. The shipyards in the Philippines benefitted the most of anyone from the Manila Galleon Trade Route. Within a seven-year period nine galleons and six galleys were built in these shipyards due to the high demand of ships for the busy trade route (Book Cite). The average galleon took nearly 78,000 pesos and over 2,000 trees to produce and took months to finish because they had to be built as large as possible due to the long voyage (Cite Book). The shipyards were used predominantly to produce ships strictly for the trade route, but they still manufactured other ships such as war ships for the empire on the side. The Manila Galleon Trade Route was originally discovered to find a more efficient route to travel from Spain’s colonies in the Philippines and other islands to the Americas. The route then turned into a vast trade route with large profits for the Spanish Empire due to the China’s desire of silver. This led to a wide range of Asian luxury items being sold to the Spanish in exchange for the …show more content…
Chinese merchants from the Fujian Province would load the luxury items in ships and sail south to Manila were the actual trading occurred (Cite Book). The Spanish would then load the traded goods in Manila and sail to the Americas where they would either sell the goods, or load them again and send them to European markets. The cargo would arrive in Acapulco, then they would unload the goods and send them throughout the Americas. If the goods were to be sent to the European markets, they were transported across Mexico and reloaded at Veracruz and then sent to Spain by the Spanish treasure fleet (Cite Book). The Spanish even tried to shorten the route by using the Panamanian isthmus to transport the goods across Mexico because it was much narrower than the land in between Acapulco and Veracruz. Unfortunately, the thick jungle landscape was to challenging to move across (Cite Book). The route itself was very effective because it avoided a lot of headaches for the Spanish Empire. If they attempted to send the goods westward from Manila, they would have to travel across the Indian Ocean and sail around the southern tip of Africa which was reserved to Portugal. They would also have to regularly stop at other ports that were controlled by other nations such as Portugal and the Netherlands (Cite Book). The journey from Manila to Acapulco typically took four months to sail across