Project Gutenberg 2005-07-15 Public domain in the USA. 222 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 22 of 55 1625-29 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: 60.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the PG Distributed Proofreaders Team "The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 22 of 55" by Emma Helen Blair et al. is a historical account written in the early 20th century. This volume covers the period from 1625 to 1629 and examines the political, economic, and religious conditions in the Philippines during that time. The focus is primarily on events related to the governorships of Fernando de Silva and Juan Niño de Tavora, detailing the various documents, reports, and letters that shed light on colonial governance, trade challenges, and social life in Manila. The opening of this historical work introduces the context and significance of the documents compiled within the volume, which illustrate the complexities of colonial administration and social dynamics in the Philippines. It highlights the intricacies of appointing governors, the economic struggles faced by the colony, interactions with local populations and foreign powers, and the pressing issues of governance at the time. Notably, it mentions the military threats posed by the Dutch and the internal conflict among the colonial authorities. This sets the stage for deeper explorations into the challenges of maintaining Spanish control over the islands amid competing interests. (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 - American Browsing: History - European Browsing: History - General Browsing: Travel & Geography 589988 589775 2024-10-07T09:43:06.817489 2023-09-07T10:25:19.812000 text/html text/html 589191 2020-12-12T05:06:20 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 193781 2020-12-12T05:06:20 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 300636 2024-10-07T09:43:18.572935 application/epub+zip 306718 2024-10-07T09:43:11.528465 application/epub+zip 279348 2024-10-07T09:43:09.788467 application/epub+zip 631353 2024-10-07T09:43:23.569900 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 576894 2024-10-07T09:43:17.296940 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 383069 2022-09-08T04:35:23.569148 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 528316 528261 2024-10-07T09:43:05.715472 2023-09-07T10:25:18.691018 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 528131 2020-12-12T05:06:20 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 184128 2020-12-12T05:06:20 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 528125 2020-12-12T05:06:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 183851 2020-12-12T05:06:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 24335 2024-10-07T09:43:23.717877 application/rdf+xml 23106 2024-10-07T09:43:10.361451 image/jpeg 4749 2024-10-07T09:43:10.075440 image/jpeg 282515 2024-10-07T09:43:06.863477 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