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The Manila Galleon

William Lytle Schurz

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Description:This unique book, the product of twenty-seven years of research, relates the romantic history of the great Spanish galleons, the most glamorous in the history of the seas. For two hundred and fifty years--from 1563 to 1813--they regularly made the five-to-eight-month voyage across the Pacific between Manila and Acapulco. The largest and riches merchandise ships of their age, the galleons carried to Mexico all the fabulous luxuries of the Orient and returned to the Philippines laden with silver ingots. Their capture was the ultimate ambition of every pirate and privateer. Many were lost at sea; one drifted down the Mexican coast without a living soul on board; the mutiny on the San Geronimo surpassed in dram that on the Bounty.But this is more than a story of ships, for whole history of the Pacific Area revolved around these lonely voyages. They supplied the central theme of Philippine history; they were the original motive for the exploration and settlement of California; they brought the Chinese and Japanese to the Philippines."This is a sumptuous banquet of glamor, excitement and thrill. The reader is given a glowing and unforgettable panorama of one of the most romantic ventures in history." (Howard Mumford Jones)We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Manila Galleon. To get started finding The Manila Galleon, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 454

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc.

Release: 1959

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Description: This unique book, the product of twenty-seven years of research, relates the romantic history of the great Spanish galleons, the most glamorous in the history of the seas. For two hundred and fifty years--from 1563 to 1813--they regularly made the five-to-eight-month voyage across the Pacific between Manila and Acapulco. The largest and riches merchandise ships of their age, the galleons carried to Mexico all the fabulous luxuries of the Orient and returned to the Philippines laden with silver ingots. Their capture was the ultimate ambition of every pirate and privateer. Many were lost at sea; one drifted down the Mexican coast without a living soul on board; the mutiny on the San Geronimo surpassed in dram that on the Bounty.But this is more than a story of ships, for whole history of the Pacific Area revolved around these lonely voyages. They supplied the central theme of Philippine history; they were the original motive for the exploration and settlement of California; they brought the Chinese and Japanese to the Philippines."This is a sumptuous banquet of glamor, excitement and thrill. The reader is given a glowing and unforgettable panorama of one of the most romantic ventures in history." (Howard Mumford Jones)We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Manila Galleon. To get started finding The Manila Galleon, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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