The Economics of the Manila Galleon

[@concerncitizen8988]

Wow, the start of many lucrative deals to some business-minded people that revolutionized international trade. Thanks for sharing.

[@willdouglas1300]

Good presentation. The Aculpoco to Manila trip was around 4 months, but the return east was 7+ months. Sometimes around 12. Yes very complex and fascinating. And yes, many slaves and basic workers who might as well have been slaves. This is why Central and south American peoples have Filipino DNA and vice versa.

[@BlackPhoenix623]

I do have Filipino DNA my dad is from the state of Guerrero. Even Asian people seem to think I’m of Asian background. I’ve gotten anything from Cambodian, Korean.

[@tommyphilo8066]

From Manila to Acapulco-> 4 months From Acapulco to Manila-> 2 months (This William Dampier says in his book New Voyage Round the World)

[@hijodelsoldeoriente]

True. There are even Filipinos with Native American ancestry in Zambales if I'm not mistaken.

[@One.Zero.One101]

Thank you! I'm a Filipino and I've always been curious about this topic. Unfortunately there aren't many videos about this topic on KZbin but I'm glad I found your channel. This is a great explanation.

[@iglesiasmarco]

Saludos desde Los Angeles Alta California

[@mrmistery102]

Thank you, I appreciate your job;)

[@hijodelsoldeoriente]

Very good presentation!

[@episdosas9949]

it was going on before but not at that scale. its also still going on. look at all the imports going into to america on all those super containers.

[@musta_aldren7255]

i have a question, Can a Galleon, let say the manila Galleon can withstand a hurricane? if yes, how?

[@winstonho0805]

It's an interesting question. Yes, they could. Over here in Louisiana, modern fishing boats are known to ride out hurricanes without sinking, and in the open sea, cargo ships routinely enter storms because there isn't enough time to go around or return to shore. There are historic records of galleons being hit by severe storms and surviving. The galleons often traveled in fleets, so in a fleet of ten ships, six might be lost to a storm, and four might survive and document where the others disappeared. I've heard of salvage operations, treasure hunters, and underwater explorers using the accounts of surviving galleons to find the ones that were lost. But as Pinoy Trivia correctly points out, many galleons were indeed lost to storms. Before the 1800s, limitations in technology meant ocean-going sailing ships had little warning before a hurricane hit. Once caught in a storm, they faced both extreme winds and giant waves, and survival was largely a matter of luck. A galleon crew had little control over what happened to them, other than raising their sails, tying themselves to their ships so they wouldn't be washed overboard, and praying. Another problem is that storms would blow the galleons of course, dispersing fleets, and adding weeks to their journey. That's assuming their ships were undamaged enough to keep sailing. Ships carried only enough food and water for a limited time. If they couldn't reach land before their supplies ran out, then the sailors might have wished they had drowned quickly rather than starve to death slowly. Winston Ho 何嶸. University of New Orleans, Department of History 紐奧良大學歷史學系. Source. Kiona Smith-Strickland. "How Ships Survive a Hurricane at Sea For oceangoing ships." Popular Mechanics (2014 Jun. 5). www.popularmechanics.com/adventure/outdoors/tips/a10688/how-ships-survive-a-hurricane-at-sea-16862613/

[@router9717]

@@winstonho0805 Thank you for the very informative comment, you have greatly contributed to this comparatively barren comments section. This will surely aid in my research!

[@winstonho0805]

What are you researching, Mr. Pollicar? I have been searching for evidence of Filipino sailors aboard Spanish galleons in Spanish-language sources. It turns out that the word "Filipino" was originally an adjective for anything related to the Spanish colony of the Philippines, but did not necessarily mean a person from the Philippines. That was a modern use of the word created by overseas Filipinos and the Filipino independence movement of the late 1800s. The Spaniards originally used words like "Indios," "Mestizos," "Chinos," and "Sangleys," to refer to the Filipino people. In 1587, the Spanish explorer Pedro de Unamuno led an expedition to California, which included "Indios Luzones" among his crew. These "Luzon Indians" served as scouts in his landing party, which is confusing because they encountered indigenous Native Americans, whom Unamuno also called "Indios..." www.jstor.org/stable/25177703?seq=9#metadata_info_tab_contents Before the Philippines gained their independence, the Filipinos identified themselves as members of a specific village (barangay in their language) or region, such as the Illocanos or the Visayans. I'm not sure about the details, but the Filipinos were experienced sailors centuries before the Spaniards came along. Filipino fishermen and their boats could be found in all the waters around their islands, while Filipino traders sailed to distant ports in China and India, exchanging pearls, cinnamon, dyes, and other luxuries from the Philippines for silk, tea, and spices from the Asian mainland. Perhaps lured by gold, a sense of adventure, or desperation, or pressed into service against their will, these experienced sailors joined the Spanish galleons in the earliest years of European exploration. If anyone has seen an original Spanish-language account of "Indios" or "Chinos" serving aboard a galleon in the 1500s or 1600s, I love to hear about it.

[@N1Zer0]

Short answer: yes! They are ocean going vessels after all. Long answer: If it could withstand a typhoon, I bet it could withstand a huricane. Ships are made of wood. Wood floats as much as witches. Jokes aside, a Manila galleon or a normal galleon will stay afloat in a storm as long as their is enough cargo to make the ship's center of gravity at the bottom of the ship. Ofcourse they have to secure the sails(I forgot the term) before any storm and ride the waves.

[@DeLaCruzer11]

What about the Teleportation Incident that occurred from Philippines to Mexico?

[@beastmood6635]

Well, there are many filipinos who have mexican heritage because of this galleon trade.

[@rockoalvarez8651]

My grandma from guerrero does this explain me and my cousins asian eyes

[@BlackPhoenix623]

Yes I would think so. My dad is from Guerrero and I have Asian eyes too

[@SaimonSimoncho]

wow

[@Chavacano]

Beunos dias

[@peterconterio2911]

Yeah that galleon trade started looting our gold secretly.

[@soumn749]

Pero...los salarios aumentaron, al menos con respecto a la carne y los frijoles, siendo el salario más alto de Latinoamérica. Ah, y no fue tanto el oro, fue más la plata.