What annual Spanish trade route linked Manila and Acapulco for over two centuries?
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Manila galleon
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What annual Spanish trade route linked Manila and Acapulco for over two centuries?
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Manila galleon
Which friar discovered the Manila galleons' return route across the Pacific?
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Andrés de Urdaneta
Which Spanish explorer gave the Philippines their name after Philip II?
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Ruy López de Villalobos
What 1502 Portuguese map is one of the earliest to show Brazil's coast?
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Cantino planisphere
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Which friar discovered the Manila galleons' return route across the Pacific?
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Andrés de Urdaneta
Which Spaniard founded Manila in 1571?
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Miguel López de Legazpi
Which Spanish explorer gave the Philippines their name after Philip II?
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Ruy López de Villalobos
What 1502 Portuguese map is one of the earliest to show Brazil's coast?
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Cantino planisphere
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Theatrum Orbis Terrarum
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Mercator projection
What 1529 treaty fixed Spain and Portugal's boundary claims in Asia?
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Treaty of Zaragoza
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Casa de Contratación
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Battle of Mactan
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