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The Nao of China
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Introduction……………………………………………………………………...2

The Nao of China (Galeon of Manila)……………………………………….3

Conclusion………………………………………………………………………5

Bibliography…………………………………………………………………….6

Introduction

After the conquest of Mexico and the Philippines in the sixteenth century, Spain extended its domains globally; until then, there had been a nation as large.

Spain established a sea route that went from China to the port of Manila in the Philippines, and from there to the Port of Acapulco on the west coast of Mexico.

The ship that carried out this route was known as the "Manila Galleon" and also as the "Nao of China". This is an example of the use of the word Nao in its generic sense, meaning ship. (In this case, a galleon).

In addition when the stories of Marco Polo began traveling all over Europe, the Middle lands incognita became an obsession for the West. These stories were talking about a huge trade route covering the north of China until the Arabian desert. This route brought Middle Eastern silk and spices, a condiment that arrived to assert more than the gold itself. Since then, and until the wars between Muslims and Christians became impossible to pass the caravans, the Silk Road was extended to a Europe eager for culture. In the fifteenth century the Portuguese re-appropriating the spice route passing through the Cape of Good Hope, Ceylon, and many other sites up to China and the spice islands (Moluccas). This would be the main route, which would give Portugal the world hegemony until it opened the Path of Manila.

The Nao of China (Galeon of Manila)

Whenever you talk about the Nao of China, it is thought that it was only one ship the coming and going from the east to our country, which was also called the Manila galleon, but what is real is that rather than a single vessel, was a real nautical line, that it was certainly not china nor touched any port in the far country.

The naves were built in the Philippines, which



Bibliography: La nao de china. (3, April 2010). Retrieved from http://www.discoverymexico.com.mx/guias/historia-la-nao-de-china.aspx El galeón de manila (la nao de china) y la china poblana. (2008, June 22). Retrieved from http://exploramex.com/?p=196 El galeón de manila. (2012). Retrieved from http://hispanismo.org/hispanoasia/5180-el-galeon-de- manila.html

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