Project Gutenberg 2012-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 175 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 29 of 55, 1638–40 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 Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg. "The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 29 of 55, 1638–40" by Emma Helen Blair et al. is a historical account written in the early 20th century. This volume is part of a larger collection that chronicles the history, explorations, descriptions of the islands, and the religious missions in the Philippines from their early interactions with European powers to the end of the 19th century. It likely focuses on the events and political dynamics in the Philippines during the years 1638-1640, highlighting the conflicts with Moro pirates, the Chinese revolt, and the colonial governance under Sebastian Hurtado de Corcuera. At the start of this volume, the book unfolds amidst a tumultuous period marked by military conflicts, conspiracies, and natural disasters affecting the colony. The events are recorded by Jesuit chroniclers and other participants, documenting major occurrences such as the hostilities with the Moros, the intricacies of Spanish governance, and the insurrections by both Chinese and indigenous peoples. Through letters, annals, and reports from various officials, the opening portion reveals the challenges faced by the colonial administration, the socio-economic interactions between different communities, and the shifting allegiances within the region during these critical years. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/38748/38748-h/images/titlepage.gif 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: History - Religious 638527 638577 2024-09-16T10:16:03.694503 2023-09-17T05:17:21.337738 text/html text/html 636789 2021-01-08T12:39:01 text/html; charset=us-ascii 440504 2021-01-08T12:39:01 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 469205 2024-09-16T10:16:14.092491 application/epub+zip 480188 2024-09-16T10:16:06.202476 application/epub+zip 273365 2024-09-16T10:16:04.893518 application/epub+zip 755466 2024-09-16T10:16:20.075445 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 646560 2024-09-16T10:16:12.896447 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 384275 2022-09-17T16:21:08.206797 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 523100 522975 2024-09-16T10:16:02.330511 2023-09-17T05:17:19.947750 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 522941 2021-01-08T12:39:01 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 190875 2021-01-08T12:39:01 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 522933 2021-01-08T12:39:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 190574 2021-01-08T12:39:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23169 2024-09-16T10:16:20.244407 application/rdf+xml 19789 2024-09-16T10:16:05.028503 image/jpeg 3003 2024-09-16T10:16:04.961502 image/jpeg 439008 2024-09-16T10:16:03.761535 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