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Manila Men in the New World: Filipino Migration to Mexico and the Americas from the Sixteenth Century

Floro L. Mercene

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Description:The Filipino diaspora is at least four hundred years old. For two-and-a-half centuries, Filipinos by the hundreds traveled yearly to Mexico and the Americas, with many electing to stay and find a new life. The chief means for migration was the Manila galleon that sailed between the Philippines and Mexico to carry on a lively trade in Asian goods in exchange for silver from the Americas and the trappings of civilization from the West.The end of the galleon trade in 1815 did not stop the exodus of Filipinos to foreign lands as they began to discover the lure of other exotic ports in Asia and Europe. This book attempts to answer the question often What happened to those Filipinos who started the diaspora? The answers are important because they fill a gap in the long history of this adventurous race.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 Manila Men in the New World: Filipino Migration to Mexico and the Americas from the Sixteenth Century. To get started finding Manila Men in the New World: Filipino Migration to Mexico and the Americas from the Sixteenth Century, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: The Filipino diaspora is at least four hundred years old. For two-and-a-half centuries, Filipinos by the hundreds traveled yearly to Mexico and the Americas, with many electing to stay and find a new life. The chief means for migration was the Manila galleon that sailed between the Philippines and Mexico to carry on a lively trade in Asian goods in exchange for silver from the Americas and the trappings of civilization from the West.The end of the galleon trade in 1815 did not stop the exodus of Filipinos to foreign lands as they began to discover the lure of other exotic ports in Asia and Europe. This book attempts to answer the question often What happened to those Filipinos who started the diaspora? The answers are important because they fill a gap in the long history of this adventurous race.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 Manila Men in the New World: Filipino Migration to Mexico and the Americas from the Sixteenth Century. To get started finding Manila Men in the New World: Filipino Migration to Mexico and the Americas from the Sixteenth Century, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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