41. They depended on the Galleon Trade for a living. 42. Evangelization and commerce connected America and Asia, exemplified by the galleon trade. 43. From 1565 Manila galleons regularly crossed from Mexico to the Philippines and back. 44. Thai galleons travelled to Portuguese colony of Surat, in Goa, India. 45. The colony survived on the transpacific Manila galleon trade; any disruption meant ruin. 46. After the Christians reconquered, galleons brought gold from America up the same waters. 47. The Sussex had no special renown in nautical history, unlike famous sunken galleons . 48. They were followed by missionaries, then pirates who preyed on Spanish trading galleons . 49. Pirates hunted treasure-laden Spanish galleons setting sail from Cartagena into the Caribbean. 50. Initially, the whaling galleons from Labourd were not affected by the Spanish defeat.
