The Manila Galleon and the impact of long-distance trade: a Comparative Approach

我的项目是一个明确的尝试，通过比较分析在近代早期出现的两条平行的贸易路线，将马尼拉大帆船贸易的研究与更广泛的历史问题联系起来，这条路线有助于（可以说）启动一个软全球化时代。因此，本研究的目的是建立参与马尼拉和阿卡普尔科之间帆船贸易的组织与同时进行的对应组织EIC和VOC之间的必要联系，从而为有关制度、商业组织战略和长途贸易如何影响欧洲经济增长的更广泛辩论提供一些线索。

My project is an explicit attempt to link the research on the Manila Galleon trade with broader historical questions by comparatively analysing two parallel trade routes that emerged during the Early Modern period and that helped to - arguably - kickstart an era of soft globalization. The purpose of this research is therefore to establish the necessary connections between the organization involved in the Galleon trade between Manila and Acapulco, and its simultaneous counterparts, the EIC and the VOC, so as to throw some light on the broader debates on how institutions, business organizational strategies, and long-distance trade affected economic growth in Europe.