Manila Galleon

Type Object Region Pacific Ocean Time 1565–1600

The Manila Galleon was a transoceanic sailing trade system linking Acapulco in Mexico with Manila in the Philippines, opened after Urdaneta's Pacific…

Timeline

1565Philippine Islands · PhilippinesAndrés de Urdaneta completed the first eastward Pacific crossing, establishing the annual sailing route from Acapulco to Manila, through which Spanish colonial trade linked the Americas and Asia.
c. 1575–1585Acapulco · New SpainThe Spanish crown regulated galleon tonnage and cargo lists, and the Acapulco fair became the core node for shipping American silver to Manila and re-exporting Chinese goods.
1590–1600Port of Manila · ManilaIn the 1590s Manila's port brought together Chinese merchants, Portuguese intermediaries, and Spanish officials; galleon trade expanded, and the silver–silk–porcelain exchange reached its late-16th-century peak.

Sources

Manila Galleon https://www.britannica.com/topic/Manila-galleon
The Manila Galleon and the Pacific Trade — William L. Schurz (1939)