Manila Men in the New World
Mercene, Floro L![Manila Men in the New World](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/220/22040710/CHSBZCOP0322040710.jpg)
The Filipino diaspora is at least four hundred years old. For two-and-a-half centuries, Filipinos by the hundreds traveled yearly to Mexico and the Americas, with many electing to stay and find a new life. The chief means for migration was the Manila galleon that sailed between the Philippines and Mexico to carry on a lively trade in Asian goods in exchange for silver from the Americas and the trappings of civilization from the West. The end o...