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The Manila galleons carried Asian silk, porcelain and spices to Acapulco, returning with American silver and creating a trans-Pacific exchange from 1565 to 1815.

Manila-Acapulco exchange

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The Manila galleon route was a long, dangerous line across the Pacific, but it helped make the world feel materially connected. Chinese porcelain could influence Mexican ceramics; American silver could enter Asian markets; sailors, artisans and ideas moved with the cargo. It was globalization by wind, risk and empire, beautiful in its objects and complicated in its human costs.

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Manila kalyonları Asya ipeğini, porseleni ve baharatları Acapulco'ya taşıdı; Amerikan gümüşüyle geri dönerek 1565 ile 1815 arasında Pasifik aşırı bir alışveriş yarattı.
Manila-Acapulco alışverişi

Manila kalyon rotası Pasifik boyunca uzanan uzun ve tehlikeli bir çizgiydi; ama dünyanın maddi olarak birbirine bağlı hissedilmesine yardım etti. Çin porseleni Meksika seramiklerini etkileyebilir, Amerikan gümüşü Asya pazarlarına girebilir, denizciler, zanaatkarlar ve fikirler yükle birlikte hareket edebilirdi. Bu, rüzgar, risk ve imparatorlukla kurulan bir küreselleşmeydi; nesnelerinde güzel, insan bedelinde karmaşıktı.

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