Commercial interaction at the port of Acapulco, Mexico, during the Viceregal period: A provenance study of ceramic containers and regional wares

Rivero, Saúl Alberto Guerrero; Tenorio, D.; Jiménez‐Reyes, M.; Junco-Sánchez, Roberto Esteban; López-Reyes, M.C.

doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2019.102163

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“…stockings, handkerchiefs, bedspreads and tablecloths); from the Middle East, rugs and camel wool; from India, pieces of cotton and amber; from Japan, fans, drawers, chests, folding screens, scribes and porcelain and from South East Asia, spices (mainly cloves, pepper and cinnamon) (Sales Colín, 1996). Recent evidence from archaeological sites in Acapulco indicates the presence of pottery produced between the fourteenth and the sixteenth centuries in Manila, the Guangdong region (China) or Go San (Central Vietnam) and Singburi or Mae Nam Noi in Thailand (Guerrero-Rivero et al, 2020).…”

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The economics of the Manila Galleon

Mejia

2021

JCEFTS

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Purpose This paper aims to offer a unified economic interpretation of the existing evidence on the Manila Galleon. It intends to be an introduction to the Manila Galleon for economists curious about long-term patterns in global trade, but who are not experts on economic history. Design/methodology/approach The paper jointly presents quantitative and qualitative data to analyze in a critical way the existing work on the Manila Galleon. It proposes a conceptual model from the world-systems approach to reflect on the impact of this trade route. Evidence from two case studies, New Granada and Korea, accompany the model. Findings The paper finds that the Manila Galleon was only possible because of the temporary coincidence of a quite singular set of international circumstances and favorable local market conditions. The paper also finds that, despite its large effects on the global integration of silver markets, the Manila Galleon was a profoundly asymmetric activity that brought minor consequences to most of the world. Research limitations/implications This paper shows the importance of additional studies providing systematic quantitative evidence on the Manila Galleon. The long tradition of an archival collection developed by historians offers a huge potential to this line of research. In addition, studies in regions different from Mexico, the Philippines, Spain and China would contribute to a better understanding of the Manila Galleon’s global consequences. Practical implications This paper provides a series of reflections useful to think about the future challenges of global trade. These challenges require understanding the transformations that will come from profound technological change, massive reconfigurations of the geopolitical order and transitions in the long-term cycles of commodities. Because of their rare occurrence, these are forces hardly visible in recent history, making it necessary for the existence of long-term points of reference such as the Manila Galleon. Originality/value This paper brings together widespread evidence on the Manila Galleon and provides a unified interpretation of it. This opens the door for audiences who are not experts on the economic history of the period to discuss the topic, allowing them to reflect on its lessons for the modern world.

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“…23-38), Ma (2016), Gasch-Tomás (2012), Graubart (2009, pp. 471-499), Hoberman (1991), Pierce and Otsuka (2009), Guerrero-Rivero et al (2020, pp. 102-163), Bentley (2019), Bonialian (2016, pp.…”

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AN EARLY CONSUMER REVOLUTION IN HISPANIC AMERICA? CONSUMPTION OF ASIAN GOODS BY THE COMMONERS IN 18^TH-CENTURY MEXICO

Dobado,

de Pinedo

2023

RHE / JILAEH

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Was there an early consumer revolution in Hispanic America? This article presents varied evidence supporting an affirmative answer to this question, especially regarding the case of New Spain. The inauguration of the Manilla Galleon trade route across the Pacific Ocean in 1565 was decisive in this respect. It made it possible that Asian goods (more or less finished silk and cotton textiles, porcelain, lacquerware, ivory religious images, furniture and spices, mainly) experienced an early diffusion throughout New Spain after arriving in Acapulco. This innovation in consumption patterns was adopted first by the elites, not much later, by the intermediate classes and, rather soon than not, by the commoners. Primary (i.e. Avalúos of the galleons' cargo) and secondary sources permit quantitatively exploring the possibilities of consumption of Asian goods by unprivileged segments of New Spain's population. We find that a non-negligible number of those goods were accessible to Mexico City labourers. Thus, it may be inferred that upper segments of society accessed it earlier and more easily. Therefore, New Spain should be included in any global narrative of the changes in consumption during the Early Modern Era.

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Botijas y peruleras en la Ciudad de México colonial: un estudio arqueométrico.

Terreros

Tenorio²,

Jiménez‐Reyes

2021

SPAL

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Se presenta el estudio de 50 fragmentos cerámicos recuperados en un predio del centro histórico de la Ciudad de México. La reconstrucción de los fragmentos, su morfología y la comparación con la literatura permitieron identificarlos como contenedores comerciales de los Estilos Temprano (siglo XVI), Medio Tipo A y Medio Tipo B (siglos XVI a XVII). Las pastas cerámicas fueron estudiadas mediante análisis por activación neutrónica instrumental, microscopio electrónico de barrido de bajo vacío, con una sonda de espectrometría de rayos X de energía dispersiva y difracción de rayos X. Basados en esos datos y la literatura existente se identificó la procedencia de los contenedores. La mayoría tuvo como origen los talleres de Sevilla y uno fue manufacturado en Perú. Siendo los contenedores elementos claves en la historia comercial, el hallazgo de botijas en la Ciudad de México, de un origen distinto de España, confirma la interrelación comercial que existió entre las colonias españolas, a pesar de los decretos prohibitivos.

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Commercial interaction at the port of Acapulco, Mexico, during the Viceregal period: A provenance study of ceramic containers and regional wares

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References 38 publications

The economics of the Manila Galleon

The economics of the Manila Galleon

AN EARLY CONSUMER REVOLUTION IN HISPANIC AMERICA? CONSUMPTION OF ASIAN GOODS BY THE COMMONERS IN 18^TH-CENTURY MEXICO

Botijas y peruleras en la Ciudad de México colonial: un estudio arqueométrico.

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Commercial interaction at the port of Acapulco, Mexico, during the Viceregal period: A provenance study of ceramic containers and regional wares

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References 38 publications

The economics of the Manila Galleon

The economics of the Manila Galleon

AN EARLY CONSUMER REVOLUTION IN HISPANIC AMERICA? CONSUMPTION OF ASIAN GOODS BY THE COMMONERS IN 18TH-CENTURY MEXICO

Botijas y peruleras en la Ciudad de México colonial: un estudio arqueométrico.

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AN EARLY CONSUMER REVOLUTION IN HISPANIC AMERICA? CONSUMPTION OF ASIAN GOODS BY THE COMMONERS IN 18^TH-CENTURY MEXICO