The Manila Galleons

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt

Education, History

4.7 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Globalization consists of a system of interlinked markets and economies. Most people think of this as a modern phenomenon, however, its roots go back much further. One of the earliest examples of globalization took place as early as the 16th century. The Spanish empire had a global spanning operation that linked together three continents and several of the world’s greatest civilizations. Learn more about the Manila Galleons and the Spanish system of globalization on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors BetterHelp is an online platform that provides therapy and counseling services to individuals in need of mental health support. The platform offers a range of communication methods, including chat, phone, and video sessions with licensed and accredited therapists who specialize in different areas, such as depression, anxiety, relationships, and more. Get 10% off your first month at BetterHelp.com/Everywhere ButcherBox is the perfect solution for anyone looking to eat high-quality, sustainably sourced meat without the hassle of going to the grocery store. With ButcherBox, you can enjoy a variety of grass-fed beef, heritage pork, free-range chicken, and wild-caught seafood delivered straight to your door every month. Visit ButcherBox.com/Daily to get 10% off and free chicken thighs for a year. InsideTracker provides a personal health analysis and data-driven wellness guide to help you add years to your life—and life to your years. Choose a plan that best fits your needs to get your comprehensive biomarker analysis, customized Action Plan, and customer-exclusive healthspan resources. For a limited time, Everything Everywhere Daily listeners can get 20% off InsideTracker’s new Ultimate Plan. Visit InsideTracker.com/eed. Subscribe to the podcast! https://link.chtbl.com/EverythingEverywhere?sid=ShowNotes -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Peter Bennett & Thor Thomsen Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Globalization consists of a system of interlinked markets and economies.
0:04.0	Most people think of this as a modern phenomenon.
0:07.0	However, its roots actually go back much further.
0:10.0	One of the earliest examples of globalization took place as early as the 16th century.
0:15.0	The Spanish Empire had a globe-spanning operation that linked together three continents
0:20.0	and several of the world's greatest civilizations. Learn more about the Manila Galians and the world's greatest civilizations.
0:23.0	Learn more about the Manila Galians and the Spanish system of globalization
0:27.0	on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. And the If you wanted to encapsulate the system of globalization in a single image, it would probably be a picture of a container ship carrying thousands of pre-built containers, each filled with items
0:55.2	intended for a separate destination.
0:57.8	While the current globalization of trade has become highly specialized and efficient, it is simply the
1:02.4	current iteration of a system that began
1:04.3	almost 500 years ago. The Silk Road could be considered an ancient form of
1:08.8	globalization but it had nothing to do with anything in the entire Western Hemisphere.
1:14.0	What I'll be talking about in this episode is usually considered to be the first true system
1:18.5	of globalization in that it was truly global. It began in the early 16th century as European naval powers, in
1:26.2	this case Spain, sent out voyages of discovery to claim territory around the world. In the Americas
1:32.3	the Spanish claimed an enormous amount of land
1:34.7	extending from the southernmost point of South America all the way up to modern day
1:38.8	Canada. Of particular interest for this episode is the area that was called New Spain.
1:44.6	This included all of Central America, Mexico, Cuba,
1:48.4	Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, and most of the Southern and middle United States.
1:53.0	However, in 1521, the Spanish also funded an expedition by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan,
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Gary Arndt, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Gary Arndt and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.