Galleons and Social Control in the Spanish Empire, Volumes I-V, Edited by Kristyl N. ObispadoThis multi volume work presents one hundred archival documents from the Archivo General del la Nacion in Mexico, transcribed, translated, and annotated. Beyond empire and trade, it reveals how ordinary people experienced life on a global scale. The voices of Filipino workers, missionaries, prisoners, smugglers. and sailors battling illness at sea, some long silenced, now take center stage as they offer a richer understanding of the longest maritime