Project Gutenberg 2005-04-03 Public domain in the USA. 272 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 17 of 55 1609-1616 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: 52.1 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the PG Distributed Proofreaders Team "The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 17 of 55" by Emma Helen Blair, James Alexander Robertson, and Edward Gaylord Bourne is a historical account written in the early 20th century. This volume documents the period from 1609 to 1616, focusing on the explorations, descriptions of the islands, their peoples, and the Catholic missions established during that time. The text aims to provide insights into the political, economic, and religious conditions of the Philippines during the early interactions with European nations. The beginning of this work introduces the contents of the volume, outlining various documents that cover laws related to navigation and commerce, reports and petitions from Jesuit and Dominican missions, and letters focusing on ecclesiastical affairs. It emphasizes the challenges faced in trade, especially with the Dutch, the advancements made by missions in spreading Christianity, and concerns regarding the treatment of local populations. The editors emphasize the social and economic environment of the islands during the specified period, setting the stage for a detailed exploration of the intersecting histories of Spain and 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 - General Browsing: History - Religious 632493 631900 2024-10-07T06:02:53.883492 2023-09-07T07:37:33.401770 text/html text/html 622944 2020-12-14T09:01:33 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 200295 2020-12-14T09:01:33 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 310663 2024-10-07T06:03:06.954449 application/epub+zip 315039 2024-10-07T06:02:58.702463 application/epub+zip 287677 2024-10-07T06:02:56.717456 application/epub+zip 696587 2024-10-07T06:03:13.201438 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 592914 2024-10-07T06:03:05.557431 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 398690 2022-09-07T22:18:22.665125 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 532513 532458 2024-10-07T06:02:52.325544 2023-09-07T07:37:32.069753 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 532150 2020-12-14T09:01:33 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 187407 2020-12-14T09:01:33 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 532182 2020-12-14T09:01:33 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 186990 2020-12-14T09:01:33 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23756 2024-10-07T06:03:13.446375 application/rdf+xml 23067 2024-10-07T06:02:57.353491 image/jpeg 4768 2024-10-07T06:02:57.023476 image/jpeg 289182 2024-10-07T06:02:53.929483 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