Archive for the ‘National Capital Region’ Category
Marker Commemorating the 400 Years of the Manila Acapulco Trade Route
The Philippines sits at the Western Pacific Ocean, it is a favorite target of typhoon and it also sits at the Pacific Ring of Fire making it prone to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. However, this location also serves as a strategic trading post due to its proximity to the rest of Asia. In fact, the Chinese, the Indians and the Arabs has been trading with the pre-Spanish kingdoms in the Philippines for centuries. Not surprisingly, when the Spanish came they sought to make use of this strategic location. Since it was impractical for the Spanish empire to ship goods from the Philippines to Spain regularly, they did the next best thing.
Read the rest of this entry »
