This book focuses on the archaeological and historical research on the seaport heritage of galleon navigation in Asia-Pacific region. It reconstructs the Manila Galleons' era of early maritime globalization, established and operated by Spanish navigators from the 16th to 19th centuries. The galleons sailed across the Pacific via the hub seaports and trade centers of Manila in the Philippines and Acapulco in Mexico, forming a prosperous sea route connecting eastern Asia and New Spain on the American continent for more than 250 years. This pioneering navigation of the pan-Pacific regions promoted early global maritime trade along the new Maritime Silk Road between the East and the West.

Written by archaeologists and cultural historians from America, Mexico, Japan, the Philippines, Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, it presents the latest investigations and research on the galleon-affiliated seaports, including Acapulco and San Blas in Mexico, Guam, Manila in Philippines, Yuegang (Crescent Harbor), Xiamen (Amoy), Keelung and Macao in China, Nagasaki in Japan. This joint research sheds new light on the history of navigation and maritime trade between galleon-affiliated harbors; the origin, production, transport and trade of the galleon cargo; social cultural exchange along the new Maritime Silk Road in the pan-Pacific region; and the history of maritime globalization in last 500 years. It offers a new perspective on maritime archaeology and traces the different stages of the galleon trade and affiliated maritime history, including "Yuegang Outbound", "Manila Entrepotting" and "Bound for Acapulco", presenting a panoramagram of Spanish pan-Pacific trade and early maritime globalization.

Índice, Bibliografía

Bound for America: A Historical and Archaeological Investigation in Yuegang (Crescent) Seaport as the Main Origin of Galleon Cargo
Pages 3-27
Wu, Chunming

The Cultural Change of Kilns and Contents of Export Ceramics on the Perspective of Development of Zhangzhou Seaports During Ming and Qing Dynasties
Pages 29-48
Liu, Miao

The Investigation and Preliminary Analysis of Nan’ao No. I Shipwreck in Guangdong
Pages 49-65
Zhou, Chunshui

A Historical Review on the Social-Cultural Impact of Yuegang-Manila Navigation on the Ancient Chinese Civilization
Pages 67-89
Wu, Chunming

Chinese Porcelain in the Manila Galleon Trade
Pages 93-113
Wang, Guanyu

Fujian and Hizen Ware: A 17th Century Evidence of the Manila Galleon Trade Found from Selected Archaeological Sites in the Philippines
Pages 115-128
Cuevas, Nida T.

Archaeological Researches on the Manila Galleon Wrecks in the Philippines
Pages 129-145
Jago-on, Sheldon Clyde B. (et al.)

The Kraak Porcelains Discovered from Taiwan and Macao, and Their Relationship with the Manila Galleon Trade
Pages 147-160
Lu, Tai-Kang

Ceramics from Nagasaki: A Link to Manila Galleon Trade
Pages 161-172
Miyata, Etsuko

Searching for the San Francisco (1609), a Manila Galleon Sunk off the Japanese Coast
Pages 173-184
Kimura, Jun

The Development of Humåtak Village: The Life-Line of the Acapulco-Manila Galleon Trade
Pages 187-190
Quinata, Joe

Clues to Internationalism in the Manila Galleon Wreck of the Late 1570s in Baja California
Pages 191-213
Von der Porten, Edward

Archaeological Distribution of Chinese Porcelain in Mexico
Pages 215-237
Fournier, Patricia (et al.)

The Chinese Porcelain from the Port of San Blas, Mexico
Pages 239-251
Junco Sanchez, Roberto (et al.)

A Study of the Chinese Influence on Mexican Ceramics
Pages 253-268
Castillo, Karime (et al.)

This book focuses on the archaeological and historical research on the seaport heritage of galleon navigation in Asia-Pacific region. It reconstructs the Manila Galleons’ era of early maritime globalization, established and operated by Spanish navigators from the 16th to 19th centuries. The galleons sailed across the Pacific via the hub seaports and trade centers of Manila in the Philippines and Acapulco in Mexico, forming a prosperous sea route connecting eastern Asia and New Spain on the American continent for more than 250 years. This pioneering navigation of the pan-Pacific regions promoted early global maritime trade along the new Maritime Silk Road between the East and the West.Written by archaeologists and cultural historians from America, Mexico, Japan, the Philippines, Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, it presents the latest investigations and research on the galleon-affiliated seaports, including Acapulco and San Blas in Mexico, Guam, Manila in Philippines, Yuegang (Crescent Harbor), Xiamen (Amoy), Keelung and Macao in China, Nagasaki in Japan. This joint research sheds new light on the history of navigation and maritime trade between galleon-affiliated harbors; the origin, production, transport and trade of the galleon cargo; social cultural exchange along the new Maritime Silk Road in the pan-Pacific region; and the history of maritime globalization in last 500 years. It offers a new perspective on maritime archaeology and traces the different stages of the galleon trade and affiliated maritime history, including "Yuegang Outbound", "Manila Entrepotting" and "Bound for Acapulco", presenting a panoramagram of Spanish pan-Pacific trade and early maritime globalization.