Mexico’s privileged geographical position made it a land bridge between the Atlantic and Pacific in the 16th century, enabling centuries of cultural exchange among peoples from Mesoamerica, Europe, Africa, and Asia. These dynamics are explored in the exhibition We Are Pacific: The World That Emerged from the Tropics, which highlights the implications of the first global culture. Historian Antonio Aranda explains that the so-called “Nao of China” is a myth, clarifying that Mexico’s connection with Asia for nearly 300 years was through the Acapulco-Manila Galleon.

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