Project Gutenberg 2004-10-14 Public domain in the USA. 337 Blair, Emma Helen 1851 1911 Robertson, James Alexander 1873 1939 Robertson, J. A. (James Alexander) Bourne, Edward Gaylord 1860 1908 The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 08 of 55 1591-1593 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century Reading ease score: 59.7 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the PG Distributed Proofreaders Team "The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 08 of 55" by Blair, Bourne, and Robertson is a historical account written in the early 20th century. This volume provides detailed explorations and documentation regarding the Philippine Islands during the years 1591 to 1593, focusing on the political, economic, and religious conditions as impacted by European interaction and colonization. The text likely dives deep into the governance issues between secular and ecclesiastical authorities and illustrates the challenges faced by the Spanish colonial administration. The opening of this volume outlines important historical events during the specified years, including a dispute between the governor and the bishop regarding the collection of tributes from the indigenous population. The governor, Gomez Perez Dasmariñas, is depicted as striving to manage the colony's defense against external threats, particularly from the Japanese, while also dealing with internal conflicts such as ecclesiastical opposition and resource scarcity. Various documents, letters, and edicts from officials are presented, indicating ongoing tensions around governance, trade regulations, and the treatment of Indian laborers. The exchanges between the governor and bishop reveal a complex landscape of power dynamics that shaped the early colonial period in the Philippines. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Philippines -- History -- Sources Missions -- Philippines Philippines -- Discovery and exploration Demarcation line of Alexander VI DS Text Browsing: History - European Browsing: History - General Browsing: Travel & Geography 579153 577320 2024-10-06T09:35:02.985886 2023-10-06T10:25:45.914494 text/html text/html 573923 2020-12-18T11:41:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 185237 2020-12-18T11:41:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 294052 2024-10-06T09:35:14.168810 application/epub+zip 302057 2024-10-06T09:35:07.048863 application/epub+zip 272340 2024-10-06T09:35:05.531883 application/epub+zip 640164 2024-10-06T09:35:19.372822 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 571463 2024-10-06T09:35:13.032836 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 379401 2022-09-07T03:56:44.163647 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 510121 510066 2024-10-06T09:35:01.797872 2023-10-06T10:25:44.884459 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 509528 2020-12-18T11:41:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 172708 2020-12-18T11:41:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 509535 2020-12-18T11:41:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 172290 2020-12-18T11:41:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 24201 2024-10-06T09:35:19.519784 application/rdf+xml 23065 2024-10-06T09:35:06.110893 image/jpeg 4767 2024-10-06T09:35:05.817874 image/jpeg 276509 2024-10-06T09:35:03.069884 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia