Project Gutenberg 2014-03-09 Public domain in the USA. 167 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 35, 1640-1649 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 http://www.pgdp.net "The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 35, 1640-1649" by Emma Helen Blair et al. is a historical account written in the early 20th century. This work presents a detailed examination of the Philippine Islands during a specific period, focusing on the explorations by early navigators, the descriptions of the islands and their peoples, the history of Catholic missions, and the social, political, economic, and religious conditions prevalent at the time. It offers insight into the region's colonial history, specifically the interactions between European nations and the Philippine Islands. The opening of the volume outlines the main themes that will be explored, notably the Dominican and Recollect missions, as well as the hostilities between the Spaniards and the Dutch in the eastern seas. It introduces the challenges faced by religious orders in their efforts to convert local populations and the conflicts that arose from European colonial ambitions. Key historical figures, various accounts of missionary activities, and events such as the loss of Formosa to the Dutch are highlighted, setting the stage for a deeper examination of religious, economic, and military developments in the Philippines during this turbulent era. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/45101/45101-h/images/new-cover.jpg 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 627729 627782 2024-09-19T04:07:23.715101 2023-09-19T15:23:27.339419 text/html text/html 627710 2014-03-09T14:58:42 text/html; charset=us-ascii 772240 2014-03-09T14:59:20 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 803227 2024-09-19T04:07:34.587108 application/epub+zip 820181 2024-09-19T04:07:26.401068 application/epub+zip 330870 2024-09-19T04:07:25.125084 application/epub+zip 1054619 2024-09-19T04:07:40.592002 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 973812 2024-09-19T04:07:33.208023 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 427090 2022-09-20T15:13:09.136412 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 530948 530857 2024-09-19T04:07:22.399072 2023-09-19T15:23:26.094423 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 530678 2014-03-09T14:58:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 191378 2014-03-09T14:59:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 530669 2014-03-09T14:59:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 190752 2014-03-09T14:59:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23155 2024-09-19T04:07:40.749057 application/rdf+xml 27802 2024-09-19T04:07:25.247060 image/jpeg 2867 2024-09-19T04:07:25.187088 image/jpeg 748205 2024-09-19T04:07:23.789068 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