Spanish galleon trade

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historical trade route maritime trade system transoceanic trade network

The Spanish galleon trade was a transoceanic maritime commerce system that linked Asia, the Americas, and Europe from the 16th to 19th centuries, primarily transporting silver, spices, silk, and other luxury goods across the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Spanish treasure fleet	4
Spanish treasure fleets	3
Manila–Acapulco galleon trade	2
Acapulco–Manila galleon trade	1
Manila galleon silver flows	1
Manila galleon trade	1
Spanish galleon trade canonical	1
Spanish imperial economy	1
Spanish treasure fleet system	1

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical trade route ⓘ maritime trade system ⓘ transoceanic trade network ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Spanish galleon trade ⓘ surface form: Acapulco–Manila galleon trade Spanish galleon trade ⓘ surface form: Manila galleon trade
cargoExported	Silver ⓘ surface form: American silver New Spanish silver ⓘ Peruvian silver ⓘ
cargoImported	Asian luxury goods ⓘ Chinese porcelain ⓘ Chinese silk ⓘ cotton textiles ⓘ ivory ⓘ lacquerware ⓘ spices ⓘ
connects	Americas ⓘ Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ
country	Spanish Empire ⓘ
currency	Spanish dollar ⓘ silver peso ⓘ
economicImpact	contributed to early globalization ⓘ facilitated global silver circulation ⓘ linked American silver mines to Asian markets ⓘ
endedBecauseOf	Mexican War of Independence ⓘ decline of Spanish colonial power ⓘ
endTime	1815 ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Age of Sail ⓘ early modern period ⓘ
involved	Chinese merchants ⓘ Mexican merchants ⓘ Spanish galleons ⓘ indigenous porters ⓘ
linkedCity	Acapulco ⓘ Cadiz ⓘ Manila ⓘ Mexico City ⓘ Seville, Spain ⓘ surface form: Seville
linkedRegion	China ⓘ Japan ⓘ Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ surface form: New Spain Peru ⓘ Philippines ⓘ Spain ⓘ
mainRoute	Manila–Acapulco route ⓘ
operator	Crown of Castile ⓘ surface form: Spanish Crown
port	Acapulco ⓘ Cadiz ⓘ Callao ⓘ Manila ⓘ Seville, Spain ⓘ surface form: Seville Veracruz ⓘ
regulation	Casa de Contratación ⓘ flota system ⓘ royal monopoly ⓘ
startTime	1565 ⓘ
uses	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Spanish Empire → usedSystem → Spanish galleon trade ⓘ

Spanish galleon trade → alsoKnownAs → Spanish galleon trade ⓘ

this entity surface form: Manila galleon trade

Spanish galleon trade → alsoKnownAs → Spanish galleon trade ⓘ

this entity surface form: Acapulco–Manila galleon trade

Viceroyalty of Peru → tradeRoute → Spanish galleon trade ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish treasure fleet

Casa de Contratación → supervised → Spanish galleon trade ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish treasure fleets

Casa de Contratación → relatedTo → Spanish galleon trade ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish treasure fleet

Manila–Acapulco route → partOf → Spanish galleon trade ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish treasure fleet system

Spanish West Indies → linkedTo → Spanish galleon trade ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish treasure fleets

Royal Mint of Potosí → linkedTo → Spanish galleon trade ⓘ

this entity surface form: Manila galleon silver flows

Nuestra Señora de la Concepción → partOf → Spanish galleon trade ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish treasure fleet

Nao de China route → alsoKnownAs → Spanish galleon trade ⓘ

this entity surface form: Manila–Acapulco galleon trade

Christianity in the Philippines → linkedTo → Spanish galleon trade ⓘ

this entity surface form: Manila–Acapulco galleon trade

Admiral of the Indies → relatedTo → Spanish galleon trade ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish treasure fleet

La Villa Rica de Oropesa → associatedWith → Spanish galleon trade ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish imperial economy

Dutch–Spanish naval war of the 1630s → relatedTo → Spanish galleon trade ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish treasure fleets