The Manila Galleons Solongo Munkhsukh Colorado Heights University The Manila Galleons (1565 – 1815) There were extremely valuable ships called the “the manila galleons”‚ traveling between the Philippines and Acapulco‚ Mexico. As they describe the galleon at the Denver Art Museum “The salt cellar has a cut crystal base‚ a ship’s pearl-studded rigging‚ enamel sails‚ and flags bearing the coats-of-arms of several noble houses‚ as well as tiny
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The Galleon Trade 1565 - 1815 The Manila Galleon or “Nap de China” was the first route to sail through the Pacific Ocean as a link between Asia and America. Through this route‚ and after having colonized Philippines‚ Spain controlled this commercial route for almost three centuries‚ uniting Seville‚ Philippines and Mexico. • The Manila-Acapulco galleon trade began when the Augustinian friar‚ Andrés de Urdaneta‚ sailing in convoy under Miguel López de Legazpi‚ discovered a return route from Cebu
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Abstract Our era aptly has been styled‚ and well may be remembered as‚ the "age of information. "Francis Bacon recognized nearly 400 years ago that "knowledge is power‚" (Nickels &‚McHugh 2011) “Insider trading is an unethical activity in which insiders use private company information to further their own fortunes or those of their families or friends”. Pg.101 Insider trading is a term that includes both legal and illegal conduct. The legal version is when corporate insiders—officers‚ directors
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Synopsis The Galleon Group was a privately owned hedge fund firm that provided services and information about investments. The group was founded in 1997‚ and attracted employee’s from Goldman Sach’s and Needham & Co. The company made its profit and other companies by choosing stocks carefully. Raj rajaratnam was an analyst for Needham for 11 years before leaving to start Galleon Group‚ he took several employee’s from his previous
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James Dooley Ms. Rees World History I 21 May 2013 Failure of Spanish Armada In May 1588‚ the Spanish Armada left the Portuguese port of Lisbon‚ headed for England with more than 130 ships. Since their discovery of the New World almost 100 years before‚ the Spanish had built one of the wealthiest and most powerful empires on earth. King Philip II of Spain wanted to overthrow Queen Elizabeth I of England for both political and religious reasons. Elizabeth had assisted the Protestant rebels
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Was the Galleon Trade beneficial to the Economy of the Philippines? Well some of not all of them are beneficial to our country. The good effect or benefits that we get from the galleon trade is they were able to prolonged the colony of Spain It was the main source of income for both the government and the church leadership It maintained the natural resources of the country It opened the doors to the westerner countries for the conceptualization and adaptation of the modern technologies It manifested
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make the dangerous plays of exploration. So aside from this greed caused determination of The English upper-class and convenient overpopulation there is another obvious but forgotten factor. This factor is the English Galleon‚ an incredible feet of engineering at the time. English Galleons were simply faster and more maneuverable then the competition. Although smaller in size the English ships had firepower that matched equal to or greater than any other country with a large navy (example :Spain). I
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Reflective account about our group Although I had previous experience about group work‚ but this time I was unhappy when I was told that we were suppose to work in-groups. I didn’t know any one in the class therefore‚ I was not convinced at the beginning the students that I was going to work with. We were group of four and were suppose to design an effective interview and selection process. Each one of us had an effective role in this group work. We slowly started to work out what aspect we
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Can a group of people function effectively without someone being in charge? I believe that a group of people cannot function effectively without someone being in charge. There are 2 main points. A leader is someone who gathers the group together‚ and allows the group work more efficiently. I believe that a group leader is supposed to be a role model for the whole group‚ someone that everyone follows. If a group didn’t have a leader‚ the group would be scattered. Firstly‚ a leader is responsible
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------------------------------------------------- SUBMITTED BY: DEVINA SIAL : H12074 KASTURI GHOSH : H12082 NANDINI UPADHYAY : H12090 PUNEET GUPTA : H12098 SARANSH SHARMA : H12106 SRILAKHI SAH : H12114 ANABEL BENJAMIN BARA: FH12001 GROUP COHESIVENESS FINAL REPORT Table of Contents 1. Introduction 3 2. Literature Review 4 3. Hypothesis and Research Design 5 4. Data Collection and Collation 6 5. Hypothesis Testing 8 6. Conclusion 9 7. Drawbacks 9
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