قراءة كتاب The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XLIV, 1700-1736 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

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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XLIV, 1700-1736
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

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XLIV, 1700-1736 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

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government and death of Bustamante. Diego de Otazo, S.J., and others; Manila, 1719–20        148

  • Letter by a Spanish officer. Manuel de Santistevan; Manila, January 28, 1730        196
  • Commerce of the Philippines with Nueva España, 1640–1736 (to be concluded). Antonio Álvarez de Abreu; Madrid, 1736. [From Extracto historial.] 227
  • Bibliographical Data        313

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    PREFACE

    The present volume covers the first third of the eighteenth century, besides reviewing the Jesuit missions in Filipinas during that which preceded it. The only occurrence of notable interest in the former period is the murder of Governor Bustamante by a mob (1719), which is even more remarkable for the utterly lawless manner in which the deed was committed, and the successful efforts made to stifle its proper investigation and punishment. The memorial of the religious orders (1701) discloses vividly the tyranny and oppression suffered by the Indians at the hands of their Spanish masters. Especially valuable is Abreu’s historical sketch of the commerce between the islands and Nueva España up to 1736, and of the sharp controversy which this aroused between the traders of Manila and those of Cadiz and Sevilla.

    An account of Jesuit labors in the islands during the

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