The Spanish <b><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Manila_galleon" title="Category:Manila galleon">Manila-Acapulco galleon</a></b> (<i>Tornaviaje</i>) trade finally began when Urdaneta discovered the eastward route in 1565, from the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Spanish_colonial_period_in_the_Philippines" title="Category:Spanish colonial period in the Philippines">Spanish East Indies</a> (Philippines) to <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:History_of_New_Spain" title="Category:History of New Spain">New Spain</a> (México).
<dl><dd><dl><dd><ul><li><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Andres_de_Urdaneta" title="Category:Andres de Urdaneta">Andrés de Urdaneta</a> (1498-1568) was a 16th century Spanish explorer, navigator, geographer, and scientist.</li>
<li>The Pacific galleons' ports were <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Cavite_City" title="Category:Cavite City">Cavite</a> and <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Acapulco" title="Category:Acapulco">Acapulco</a>, then goods went overland in México to/from the port of Veracruz and Atlantic <i>Flota de Indias</i> galleons to/from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casa_de_Contrataci%C3%B3n" class="extiw" title="w:Casa de Contratación">Casa de Contratación</a> in Seville, and after 1717 in Cadiz, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Spain" class="mw-redirect" title="Spain">Spain</a>.</li></ul></dd></dl></dd></dl>
United States Army.  Jrockley.
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