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When the Chinese pirate Limahong attacked Manila in 1574, officials in Fujian Province were willing to let the Spanish establish a trade port on an island south of Xiamen, in return for Limahong's capture. However, the governor of the Philippines did not respond favourably, and the offer came to nothing when Limahong escaped from Manila.
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The Royal Treasuries of the Spanish Empire in America, 2 vol (1982) vol1 online also vol 2 online; Xiantang, Li. "The Paradoxical Effect of Silver in the Economies of Ming and Qing China: On the New Myth Created by the 'Global Economic View' of Andre Gunder Frank and Kenneth Pomeranz." Chinese Studies in History 45.1 (2011): 84-99.
Juan Mencarini Pierotti (15 June 1860 in Alexandria, Egypt – 29 April 1939 in Manila, Philippines) was a Spanish mid-rank employee of the Chinese Maritime Customs Service between 1881 and 1912. After voluntarily resigning, Mencarini registered an import-export company with base in Shanghai and briefly acted as commercial attaché for the ...
The bureau is warning about a cyber kidnapping scheme that led to the disappearance of a Chinese student in Utah and cost his parents $80,000. ... Missing Chinese exchange student found alive in Utah.
The galleons mostly carried cargoes of Chinese and other Asian luxury goods in exchange for New World silver. Silver prices in Asia were substantially higher than in America, leading to an arbitrage opportunity for the Manila galleon.
Denny Otte, a Fremont City Council member and a longtime Exchange Club member, said the Fremont chapter used to have 40 to 50 active members. dacarson@gannett.com 419-334-1046
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