European Entry into the Pacific

Contents: Introduction; The galleons in a larger context: Geographical exploration by the Spaniards, Donald D. Brand; The relations of the Chinese to the Philippine Islands, Berthold Laufer; Initiating the galleon trade: The Mediterranean connection, William Henry Scott; Crusade or commerce? Spanish-Moro relations in the 16th century, William Henry Scott; Spain and Spanish trade in Southeast Asia, M. N. Pearson; The Japanese trade and residence in the Philippines: before and during the Spanish occupation, M. T. Paske-Smith; Impacts of the galleon trade through the 17th century: theory and evidence: Plata es sangre: sidelights on the drain of Spanish-American silver in the Far East, 1550-1700, C. R. Boxer; Le Galion de Manille. Grandeur et décadence d’une route de la soie, Pierre Chaunu; Las conexiones e intercambios Americanos con el Oriente Bajo el Marco Imperial Español, Alvaro Jara; The Chinese silk trade with Spanish-America from the late Ming to the mid-Ch’ing period, Han-sheng Chuan; Arbitrage, China, and world trade in the early modern period, Dennis O. Flynn and Arturo Giráldez; Further impacts of the galleon trade: 18th-century Philippine economy: commerce, Maria Lourdes Diaz-Trechuelo; Aventuras asiáticas del peso mexicano, John McMaster; Two and a half centuries of the galleon trade, Benito Legarda, Jr.; Index.