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Manila Galleons
Two decades after Cabrillo explored the coast of California, other Spanish ships started appearing off of the California coast. For 250 years, from 1565 until 1815, Spanish galleons laden with the riches of the Orient--silks, porcelain, and spices...
www.mms.gov/omm/pacific/kids/manila_galleons.htm

The Manila Galleons
The Portuguese explorer, Ferdinand Magellan, had reached the Philippines from Europe in 1521 during his circumnavigation of the world, though the Philippines were already a well known trading center with the merchants and sailors of the Far East.
www.treasureexpeditions.com/The-Manila-Galleons.htm


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