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Weather, history and empire: The typhoon factor and theManila galleon trade, 1565–1815
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Weather, history and empire: The typhoon factor and theManila galleon trade, 1565–1815

J.F. Warren
Anthony Reid and the Study of the Southeast Asian Past, pp.183-220
ISEAS Publishing
2012
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This paper describes and analyses how the Manila galleon trade and Spain's efforts to colonize the Philippines were frequently placed in jeopardy by the uncontrollable and unpredictable power of cyclonic storms...

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