Manila–Acapulco Galleon Trade in the 1610s

Name: Manila–Acapulco Galleon Trade in the 1610s
Start: 1610
End: 1619

Type Event Region Asia Time 1610–1619

In the 1610s the Manila–Acapulco galleon trade route across the Pacific maintained the Spanish Empire's link between Asia and the Americas, carrying …

Timeline

1610–1619Acapulco · GuerreroThe galleons assembled at the port of Acapulco, loading American silver gathered from Mexico and Peru along with a small quantity of European goods, then departed across the North Pacific during the monsoon window.
1610–1619Manila · PhilippinesAfter arriving in Manila, the fleet traded at the Pasig River port with Chinese (Sangleys) and Fujian merchant groups, exchanging silver for silk, porcelain, lacquerware, and Southeast Asian spices, forming an entrepôt linking the southeastern Chinese coast.
1610–1619Acapulco–Mexico City–Veracruz · New SpainThe homeward fleet, laden with Asian goods, arrived at Acapulco, and the cargo was carried overland to Mexico City and then on to Veracruz, with some flowing into European markets, forming an important link in the early globalized trade network.

Sources

The Manila Galleon — William L. Schurz (1939)
The Silver Way: China, Spanish America and the Birth of Globalisation, 1565–1815 — Peter Gordon and Juan José Morales (2017)