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I. The Philippines as a Subject for Historical Study 9 II. The Peoples of the Philippines 25 III. Europe and the Far East about 1400 A.D. 42 IV. The Great Geographical Discoveries 61 V. Filipino People Before the Arrival of the Spaniards 88 VI. The Spanish Soldier and the Spanish Missionary 108 VII. Period of Conquest and Settlement, 1565–1600 125 VIII. The Philippines Three Hundred Years Ago 156 IX. The Dutch and Moro Wars, 1600–1663 187 X. A Century of Obscurity and Decline, 1633–1762 212 XI. The Philippines During the Period of European Revolution, 1762–1837 231 XII. Progress and Revolution, 1837–1897 259 XIII. America and the Philippines 287