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xvi Introduction

At the intermediate range of Manila–Acapulco navigation, Guam had been an
important provisioning station for galleons, leaving us a series of interesting his-
torical and cultural heritages at Humåtak Bay seaport. Joseph Quinata’s
Development of Humåtak Village: The Life Line of the Manila-Acapulco Galleon
Trade shares with us a lot of materials of the galleon af!liated sites at Guam and
discussed the cultural exchanges after the Spanish colonized.

Edward Von der Porter
The senior maritime archaeologists of California Edward Von der Porter
reported Clues to Internationalism in the Manila Galleon Wreck of the late
1570s in Baja California shared us the new achievement of the investigations
along the western shore of the Baja California peninsula since 1999. The arti-
facts collected from the site were dated to the early period of the galleon trade
and was supposed to be the remains of the San Juanillo of 1578. Further
identi!cation on the artifacts reveals diverse sources of cargo artifacts and
provides us rich clues for understanding the internationalism of galleon trade
which included the Spanish and European sheets of lead, Spanish colonial coins,
fragment pottery of Iberian, wax of Manila galleon cargos from Indonesia
produced in the Philippines, stoneware Martaban jars from China or Southeast
Asia, Chinese porcelains including early Zhangzhou and Jingdezhen wares,
Chinese enameled boxes, bronze mirrors, brass locks, plates, bronze coins, and
Southeast-Asian matchlock !rearm, giving us a remarkable view of worldwide
commercial ties of the galleon trade in 1570s.