In a coastal town in Mexico, there is a 200-year-old clan with the surname “Maganda.”
In 1763 Filipinos, known as “Manila Men,” jumped ship and started the dried shrimp industry in Louisiana, they were among our first TNTs.
The Manila Mango exported by Mexico comes from our indigenous Carabao Mango.
The word “tiangge” comes from the Aztec word “tangguis.”
Fray Andres de Urdaneta, internationally hailed as a great navigator, learned from Filipinos how to navigate using the habagat.
The official name of Texas in the 18th century was Nuevas Filipinas.
Almost 200,000 Mexicans today are descendants of Filipinos who were part of the crew of the galleons.
In connection with the two-month long Día del Galeón Festival commemorating the Galleon Trade, the highlight of the celebration is the docking from Oct. 5 to 9 at Manila Harbor of the Andalucia, a replica of a 17th century galleon.
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