1st Edition
Portuguese Merchants in the Manila Galleon System 1565-1600
Introduction First Section: Origins of the Manila Galleon System 1. Rivalry and complexity of the Iberian monarchies 2. Southeast Asia in the Early Modern Period 3. Birth of the Manila Galleon System Second Section: The Art of Trade 4. The Portuguese legacy in Manila 5. Wealth and power 6. An evolving merchant network 7. The art of commerce and representation Third Section: Trans-Pacific Connections 8. Diego Hernandez Victoria, the Merchant of Manila 9. Mexican connections
Biography
Cuauhtémoc Villamar is a retired career diplomat who served in the Mexican Foreign Service for three decades, primarily in Asia. He was posted in China twice, Singapore, Thailand, and Canada, specialising in economic and cultural promotion as well as in technical cooperation. He has a PhD in History from the National University of Singapore.
"Villamar’s entry to the still slowly increasing canon of works on the Manila Galleon nevertheless helps to flesh out the picture of how it developed and in practice operated. It is particularly valuable in shining light on the activities of individual merchants, putting a face, as it were, to this important stage in early globalization."
Peter Gordon, Asian Review of Books
