Description

Step into the Philippines of the mid‑eighteenth century through an extraordinary collection of maps, plans, and firsthand reports. Detailed facsimiles of Manila, Cavite, Cebu and Zamboanga reveal fortified towns, bustling harbors, and the everyday geometry of colonial life, letting listeners picture the archipelago in vivid color. Accompanied by a concise preface that frames these visuals, the volume opens a window onto a world of trade, warfare, and cultural exchange.

At its heart lies the story of the Brotherhood of Santa Misericordia, a charitable guild that rose from modest beginnings in 1594 to become a lifeline for the poor, prisoners, and even foreign soldiers. Through translated records, listeners hear about almsgiving, hospital foundations, and daring ransom missions that interwove faith and civic duty, while also glimpsing the internal debates that tested its reputation. An appendix adds a rare 1680 missionary account of the Zambal people, rounding out a portrait of a diverse, resilient society on the brink of modernity.

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Full title

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898; Volume 47, 1728-1759 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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Duration

~8 hours (464K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

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

Release date

2017-01-22

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

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