Urdaneta finds the return route across the Pacific
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Andrés de Urdaneta, sailing from the Philippines, took his ship far north to about the latitude of the westerlies before turning east, and made the American coast — the tornaviaje, the return voyage, which had defeated every previous attempt. Westward across the Pacific had been possible since Magellan; it was worthless commercially without a way back. This single passage converted a one-way exploration into a trade route and created the Manila galleon, which then ran on essentially the track Urdaneta established for two hundred and fifty years.
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