Acapulco, a little Town newly built, with St. James’s Castle, most strongly fortify’d on a Hill; having five Bastions and a very capacious Harbour, from whence Ships set sail every Year to the Philippine Islands and China.
Elle le centre du commerce Espagnol, et c’est de cette ville que l’on envoie tous les ans à Acapulco sur la côte du Méxique, deux gros vaisseaux ou galions chargés d’épicerie, d’éttofes, de joyaux et d’autres marchandises précieuses de l’Inde.
ACAPULCO in Mexico, an inconsiderable town, unless at the annual fair, which lasts about thirty days; when it becomes a populous city, crowded with the richest commodities of India, brought by the Manilla galleon; the treasures of Peru brought by the…
The trade of Mexico may be considered as consisting of three great branches, by which it communicates with the whole world: the trade with Europe by La Vera Cruz, the trade with the East-Indies by Acapulco, and the commerce of the South Sea by the…
