Editing Miguel López de Legazpi (section)

==Legacy==

The López de Legazpi and Urdaneta expedition to the Philippines effectively created the trans-Pacific [[Manila galleon]] trade, in which [[silver]] mined from Mexico and [[Potosí]] was exchanged for Chinese [[silk]], [[porcelain]], Indonesian [[spice]]s, [[India]]n gems and other goods precious to [[Europe]] at the time. The trade route formed an important commercial link between Latin America and the Asia-Pacific with the trade products even carried over to Europe via the Havana Galleons, while heavily financing the [[Spanish Empire]].<ref>
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</ref> The introduction of Western ingredients, goods, and imperialism brought about the 'Hispanization' of the islands.

For the next 333 years, from 1565 when Spain first established a presence in the country and ruled it from Mexico City and Madrid, until the [[Treaty of Paris of 1898|Treaty of Paris]] on 10 December 1898, the Philippines was a Spanish possession (including the years 1762–1764 when the [[British occupation of Manila|British controlled Manila]] and the port city of [[Cavite]] but not the whole country).{{citation needed|date=June 2018}}