19th Century Ship Arrivals in Manila and Jolo

During what period of the year did the junks from Chinese waters have to leave for the Asian mainland?

What was the alternative to physical disaster for the junks in the treacherous South China Sea?

How much customs duty did the Sultan collect on imported Chinese goods?

Which group of merchants carried out most of the voyages to Sulu?

What was the duration of the voyage from Manila to Jolo and back?

Who provided the Chinese merchants with a loan for the voyages?

During the period from 1796 to 1803, Spain was at war with which country?

Which country's vessels continued to trade with Manila from the distant Bornean dependencies of Bulungan and Berau until as late as 1830?

After 1798, whose participation grew in the Manila-Jolo trade?

In the twenty years after 1807, how many Spanish vessels involved in the trade doubled?

Which island was situated on the main route for ships bound to Sulu?

During the Sino-Sulu trade, the margin of profit on trade goods from China ranged between 25 and 100 percent. Which of the following items had the highest profit margin?

According to the text, what items were purchased in Panay at a saving?

What was the range of the cargoes of the bigger vessels during the Sino-Sulu trade?

What was the destination of the Nuestra Señora de la Merced in 1828?

When did the vessels in the Manila-Jolo trade return to Manila?

During which time period did the trade volume between China and Sulu reach its peak?

What was the range of the cargoes of the junks that visited Manila from Amoy and Nanking in 1795?

What was the net profit derived on the freight carried by homeward bound junks when unloaded at China's southern ports?

Which factor contributed to the decline of Amoy junks visiting Sulu after 1840?

What was the annual value of the trade between China and Sulu in 1814?

What does the large number of fragments of Chinese trade ceramic confirm?

According to the text, what was the approximate value of credit offered to the Sultan and datus in exchange for trade goods?

According to the text, what percentage of the cargo's value did the Chinese visiting Sulu pay to the Sultan and various influential datus?

According to the text, why did a Chinese junk choose to trade along the Mindanao coast instead of in Jolo's roadstead?

According to the text, what did the Chinese officers have to do before actual trading could begin in Jolo?