Manila Men in the New World: Filipino Migration to Mexico and the Americas from the Sixteenth Century"The Filipino diaspora is at least 400 years old. Since the sixteenth century, Filipinos have been going to foreign lands to find their place in the sun. In the beginning they were known as the Manila Men. It was only in the nineteenth century that they assumed their present identity as Filipinos." "For two-and-a-half centuries, Filipinos by the hundreds traveled yearly to Mexico and the Americas, with many electing to stay and find a new life. The chief means for migration was the Manila galleon, also known as nao de China, that sailed between the Philippines and Mexico to carry on a lively trade in Asian goods in exchange for silver from the Americas and the trappings of civilization from the West." "The end of the galleon trade in 1815 did not stop the exodus of Filipinos to foreign lands as they began to discover the lure of other exotic ports in Asia and Europe. This book attempts to answer the question often asked: What happened to those Filipinos who started the diaspora? The answers are important because they fill a gap in the long history of this adventurous race."--BOOK JACKET. |
Contents
The Galleon Era 15701815 | 3 |
A galleon being loaded with goods | 4 |
The Voyage of the San Agustin | 21 |
The First Filipinos in America | 38 |
Filipino Invasion of California | 51 |
The Malaspina Expedition | 55 |
Filipinos in California | 64 |
Filipinos in Baja California | 81 |
Filipinos in Louisiana | 91 |
Oldest house in St Malo | 97 |
Filipino fishermen are shown standing in front of | 105 |
Filipinos in New Orleans hold a New Years ball | 112 |
Filipinos in Mexico | 118 |
Mexico and Filipinas | 131 |
The Spanish Occupation of the Philippines | 146 |
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