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From 1565 to 1815 one Spanish galleon a year sailed each way between Acapulco and Manila, carrying Chinese silk and other Asian goods east and great quantities of Mexican silver west. By then the Ming state, its paper money failed, had put its accounts and taxes on silver.
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- EvidenceT5 INDEPENDENT SECULAR; Status: ADDED 2026-09-19
- Letter eraTHE RELEASES, AND THE ENCLOSURE THAT FOLLOWS EACH 1382 to 1694
- SourcesRECORD — Britannica, 'Manila galleon'; Richard von Glahn, Hoover Institution (Ming shift to silver) · checked 19 September: Britannica (read in a browser; WebFetch is refused by the site), 'Manila galleon'; Richard von Glahn, Hoover Institution
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