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Galleon coins

Could "Manila Galleons" be interpreted as "magic" currency of Manila? I remember somewhere that "galleon" refered to gold coins...

why "magic" ?? if galleon also refers to gold coins a disambiguation link could be inserted at the beggining of the article, but I've never heard of this before. Intersofia 18:14, 15 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think I have heard of this use too. Ingolfson (talk) 08:56, 9 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Bullion? Doubloon? There's no coin called a "galleon".--Wetman (talk) 10:29, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

See Money_in_Harry_Potter#Economy. Jim.henderson (talk) 04:51, 10 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sizes compared

The article states that the Manila Galleon was the largest wooden sailing vessel. This contradicts Junk_(ship), stating Chinese junks of the 15th to 17th century were much larger. Perhaps a reference can clear up these claims? Robogun 07:50, 28 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

One-way ships

I read (and the article seems to imply) that the Manila Galleons were essentially not intended to travel back to the Philippines, but were rather broken up on arrival. Is this true / referencable? Ingolfson (talk) 08:56, 9 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The present map

An improved map that shows the direction of the route and the volta to use the tradewinds would materially improve the article.--Wetman (talk) 22:00, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

We need another line to show the transatlantic connection - in the same colour but a different shade.

Hawaii

Earlier visitors to Hawaii could also have been Dutch off William Adam's epic voyage to Japan in 1600. It is known that a number of the crew from one of those ships abandoned the ships on an island "somewhere in the Pacific". —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ianwiki2010 (talk • contribs) 03:22, 16 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Do you know how many islands are in the Pacific? Viriditas (talk) 21:43, 5 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Westbound Route-Guam?

It seems unlikely that the westbound route would include a stop in Guam, since this adds considerable sailing distance and the leg from Guam to The Philippines would be a dificult one, primarily upwind. Probably, if there was a regular Guam stop it would be on the eastbound voyage.