The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 45, 1736: 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

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Synopsis:

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 45, 1736 takes readers on a captivating journey through the history and exploration of the Philippine Islands. This volume delves into the early navigators' explorations, vivid descriptions of the islands and their diverse peoples, and the records of Catholic missions. Through contemporaneous books and manuscripts, readers are transported to a time when European nations first established relations with the islands, and witness the political, economic, commercial, and religious conditions that shaped the archipelago until the close of the nineteenth century.

Genres: Historical non-fiction, Exploration, Anthropology

Themes: Exploration and discovery, Cultural diversity, Colonialism, Religious influence

Subjects:

• Demarcation line of Alexander VI
• Missions -- Philippines
• Philippines -- Discovery and exploration
• Philippines -- History -- Sources

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