Tondo
State · 1375–1571 CE · at its largest around 1375 CE
A precolonial polity on the northern shore of Manila Bay in Luzon, engaged in trade with China and neighbouring states, which was absorbed into Spanish Manila in the 1570s.
On its lands while it lasted
- Manila galleon (western Pacific) (1565–1815 CE): For 250 years Spanish galleons sailed once or twice a year between Manila and Acapulco, exchanging Mexican silver for Chinese silk and porcelain; westbound ships called at Guam, and eastbound ships rode the westerlies across the North Pacific.
- Manila (1571 CE): Miguel López de Legazpi established Spanish Manila in 1571 on the site of a Muslim polity; it became the hub of the transpacific galleon trade.
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