The age of trade: the Manila Galleons and the dawn of the global economy

Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter One: Philippines before the Spaniards Monsoons, Islands, and the Rim of Fire Native Peoples on the Shores Barangays and the of Commerce after 1405 Mountain Peoples Gold of the Visayas and the Harvest of Cowries Mediterranean Connection and the Long Post-1400 Trade Boom China and the Islands before Spain Chapter Two: Origins of Spanish Settlement in the Philippines Manila and the Origins of World Trade Atlantic Silver in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries China and the Global Market in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries Discovery of the Sea: Iberians and Spices Military Revolution and the 35 Percent of the World Portuguese and the Vasco da Gama Era Ferdinand Spanish Expeditions to the Spice Islands Miguel Lopez de Legazpi Spaniards in Luzon Exploration of Luzon Chapter Three: Spanish Settlement in the Philippines First Decades of the Colony and The China Enterprise Settling Down in the Philippines Magellan Exchange and the Islands A New Agricultural Regime Reorganizing the Territory Colony's Finances Native Contributions to the Colonial Economy Situado Role of Manila in the New Territorial Arrangements Indirect Rule: Principalia Colonial Administration Chapter Four: Seventeenth Century Little Ice Age End of the Silver Cycle Eighty Years' War with the Netherlands Philippines and the War with the Dutch Moro Wars Japan and the Friars Portuguese in Manila European Companies Armenian Diaspora New Christians' Mercantile Diaspora End of the Century Chapter Five: Galleons Line Voyage Officers and Sailors Acapulco Chapter Six: Economy of the Line China and Silver in the Modern Era Textiles and the Galleons Galleon Line Regulations A Royal Inspector's Visit Chinese Merchants: Sangleys Chinese Rebellion of 1603 Rebellion of 1640 Chapter Seven: Eighteenth Century and the Galleon Line A New Ecological Regime Mexican Silver Cycle Tea and Opium Cycle War of Jenkins' Ear and the Manila Galleon Seven Years' War in the Philippines Chinese in Eighteenth-Century Philippines Reforms in the Philippines Moro Wars in the Eighteenth Century Changes in Spanish Imperial Policy End of the Galleon Trade End of the Line Notes Bibliography Index About the Author