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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 26 of 55, 1636 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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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 26 of 55, 1636 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

EN·~6 hours·11 chapters

Chapters

11 total

Illustrations

0:52

Preface

10:57

Documents of 1636

0:52

The Nuns of St. Clare at Manila

18:45

Relation of 1635–36

33:09

Letters from Governor Hurtado de Corcuera

4:35:34

Letter from Father Cristobal de Lara to Father Felipe de Cardenas

4:59

Letter from Corcuera to Felipe IV

34:23

The Hospitals and Hospital Contributions

35:45

Bibliographical Data

0:53

Description

Set against the bustling ports of Manila, Malacca, Macao and the Molucca Islands, this volume opens with striking eighteenth‑century engravings that bring the early colonial landscape to life. The illustrations are paired with detailed reports from 1636, when Governor Corcuera arrived with a determination to reorganize the government and assert royal authority over the archipelago’s diverse communities.

Within the first year of his rule, Corcuera becomes entangled in fierce disputes with the archbishop and several religious orders. Letters from the nuns of St. Clare and the Franciscan Recollects reveal their pleas for royal support, while the governor’s own correspondence argues for curbing ecclesiastical power. Listeners will hear a vivid portrait of the political and spiritual tug‑of‑war that shaped daily life in the Philippines, illustrated by contemporary maps and eyewitness accounts.

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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 26 of 55, 1636 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 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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Project Gutenberg

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Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net/

Release date

2008-11-02

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Public domain in the USA.

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