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Introduction xiii

The intensi!cation of the Manila galleons had brought a great amount of
Chinese ceramics to the Philippines, which were uncovered in both the ship-
wreck galleons and a series of land sites. Fujian and Japanese Ware: A 17th
Century Evidence of the Manila Galleon Trade Found from Selected
Archaeological Sites in the Philippines by Nida T. Cuevas located the distri-
bution of Fujian and Hizen wares in the Philippines, focusing on the land-based
sites within Intramuros and outside the walls or “extramuros” in Mehan and
Arroceros in Manila, Porta Vaga in Cavite City, and Boljoon in southern Cebu.
The study showed us contextual difference of ceramic wares found in different
sites, discussing the signi!cance of Fujian and Hizen ceramics in the Manila
galleon maritime exchange.

Sheldon Clyde B. Jago-on

Archaeological Researches on the Manila Galleon Wrecks in the Philippines
co-authored by Sheldon Clyde B. Jago-on and Bobby C. Orillaneda presented a
general introduction and overview of the hitherto underwater archaeological
investigations of galleon shipwrecks in Philippines waters, from the waters off
Catanduanes Island to the Embocadero (San Bernardino Strait in Northern
Samar) and to Cavite and vice versa. Most of the sites had been explored
extensively using state-of-the-art underwater surveying equipment, including
Espiritu Santo (1576) and San Geronimo (1601), The San Diego (1600),
Nuestra Señora de la Vida (1620), The Encarnacion (1649), The San Jose
(1694), Santo Cristo de Burgos (1726), and San Andres (1798), of which only
San Diego and Nuestra Senora de La Vida were so far been discovered, posi-
tively identi!ed and studied.