Exhibition: Acapulco-Manila – The Galleon, Asia, and Latin America, 1565–1815

The Benson Collection opens its trove of materials relating to the Manila Galleon in an exhibition that opens Thursday, September 8. Attend an opening reception for Acapulco-Manila: The Galleon, Asia, and Latin America, 1565–1815. The 5 p.m. reception is preceded by a historial lecture (see below).

Through a rich display of rare maps, diaries, books, and royal decrees, this exhibition explores two-and-a-half centuries of trade between the Spanish Empire in the Americas, via Mexico, and Asia, via the Philippines. The age of the Manila Galleon, from 1565 to 1815, brought with it an exchange of goods and cultural practices, of global contact and disruption, on a new scale. It catalyzed the transformation of territories and cultures: populations confronted sudden change; religions met and often clashed; political calculations and struggles intensified; labor, transportation, technology, and language all changed in irrevocable ways. The world would never be the same.

The exhibition runs through January 31, 2017. 

The opening lecture, at 4 p.m., is presented by Fabio López Lázaro, professor of history, University of Hawai’i at Manoa, and titled “Early Modern Law and the Invention of the World: Was the Pacific the Modern World’s Point of Greatest Divergence?” See event here.

 

Thursday, September 8, 2016 at 5:00pm to 7:00pm

Benson Latin American Collection, Second floor gallery
2300 Red River Street, Austin, TX 78712-1469

Event Type

Arts & Humanities, Policy & Law, World & Culture

Departments

College of Fine Arts, College of Liberal Arts, University of Texas Libraries

Target Audience

Students, Faculty, Alumni, General Public

Website

https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/llilas...

Cost

Free and open to the public

Subscribe
Google Calendar iCal Outlook

Recent Activity