TIL that only 46 years after Magellan's voyage the Spanish Empire set up a large scale trade route from Mexico to the Philippines, trading Mexican silver for Asian goods such as silk, porcelain and spices

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manila_galleon
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