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Aside from goods, there was also a sharing of culture that emerged in trade. Inventions, religions, arts,
languages, and social customs were conveyed by people moving from one place to another to conduct
business.
The Galleon Trade was the productive economic activity in the Philippines from 1575 to 1815.
However, the Spanish government later realized that galleon trade and Mexican subsidy would not be
enough sustain the colony. The failure of tobacco monopoly and Mexicos independence lead to the
liberation of foreign trade. Laissez-faire as the economic doctrine of Europe and United States free
market was accepted by the Spanish colonial government to give way to the foreign traders.
The Spaniards aided for the
construction of lighthouses all over
the archipelago for the goods to be
traded safely and successfully. The
Inteligencia del Cuerpo de
Ingenieros del Caminos, Canales y
Puertos (Corps of Engineers for
Roads, Canals and Ports)
constructed 55 lighthouses by the
end of Spanish rule in the
Philippines. It increased to 193
during the American period.
Out of the 55 lighthouses, there were
24 ones recorded by Ar. Manuel
Maximo Noche in his book Lonely
Sentinels of the Sea: The Spanish
Lighthouses of the Philippines
throughout Luzon and Visayas. The
book displayed 16 lighthouses in
Luzon and 8 in Visayas. According
to him, The ports on the southern
island of Mindanao like Dapitan,
Zamboanga, Davao and Jolo were
only beginning to gain significance
during the latter part of 19th
century. Therefore, lighting of the
routes leading to these ports were
not prioritized.