The currency in the Captaincy General of the Philippines (sixteenth to eighteenth centuries)

The Captaincy General of the Philippines, dependent since its inception in the sixteenth century to the Viceroyalty of New Spain territory included the Spanish possessions in Asia and Oceania. The Philippines and especially its capital, Manila, was the most important nexus of the trade of the Hispan...

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Autor: Cano Borrego, Pedro Damián
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD DE GUADALAJARA
Repositorio:México y la Cuenca del Pacífico
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:mexicoylacuencadelpacifico.cucsh.udg.mx:article/516
Acceso en línea:https://www.mexicoylacuencadelpacifico.cucsh.udg.mx/index.php/mc/article/view/516
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:moneda
Filipinas
real de a ocho
comercio transpacífico
Galeón de Manila.
Philippines
piece of eight
transpacific trade
Manila Galleon.
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Sumario:The Captaincy General of the Philippines, dependent since its inception in the sixteenth century to the Viceroyalty of New Spain territory included the Spanish possessions in Asia and Oceania. The Philippines and especially its capital, Manila, was the most important nexus of the trade of the Hispanic world with China and other countries in Asia and the Pacific Rim. The Manila Galleon trade provided the desired silver to the Asian markets, allowed the establishment and longevity Hispanic presence in the Philippines and gave the necessary currency to these islands and to the other Spanish territories in the area.