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Filipino influences in Mexico

Written byPreetam Rai
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Posted 14 April 2006 19 years ago

Spanish trade routes helped the exchange of ideas and influences between the colonies in America and Asia. Milkphish visits Mexico and finds things that originated in the Philippines.

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