Like digging through archaeological layers, documenting the development of language and writing provides important clues about historical events. Recent …
Episode 81: The Trans-Pacific Silver Trade and Early-Modern Globalization
With the establishment of Manila as a Spanish trading port in 1571, one of the most important economic links in the early modern world was established. Spanish …
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Episode 76: The Trans-Pacific Slave Trade
At the height of the Spanish Empire, the Manilla Galleon - an annual flotilla between Manilla and Acapulco - was considered the lifeline of Spain's economy, …
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