{"product_id":"the-philippine-islands-1493-1898-volume-39-of-55-1683-1690-gb-28899","title":"The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898—Volume 39 of 55, 1683-1690","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Philippine Islands, 1493-1898—Volume 39 of 55, 1683-1690\r - 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\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe present volume, which covers the period 168390, is mainly\r\ndevoted to an account of the controversy between Archbishop Pardo and\r\nthe religious orders on one side, and the secular government on the\r\nothera conflict of which such events as the disputes between\r\nSalazar and Dasmarias (1591) and Guerrero and Corcuera\r\n(163536) were but preliminary skirmishes. In this case the\r\narchbishop gains the ascendency, being renforced by one of the\r\ngovernors.\nDampiers account of his sojourn in the islands is here\r\nconcluded from the preceding volume. He finds the Mindanaos friendly to\r\nthe English, but distrustful of the Dutch and Spaniards. They are\r\ningenious and clever in metal-work, and with very primitive tools and\r\nappliances make excellent utensils and ship-repairs; another industry\r\nof theirs is shipbuilding. The English ship remains about a week on the\r\nsouthern shore of Mindanao, to wait for favorable weather, and then\r\nproceeds to the Rio Grande of Mindanao, where it arrives July 18. The\r\nnatives there are anxious to secure trade with the English merchants,\r\nand Dampier regrets that his companions did not resolve to give up\r\nfreebooting for Spice-Island trade, especially as they were so [10]well fitted,\r\nby experience and training, for establishing a trading-post, and had an\r\nexcellent equipment for that purpose. The English officers maintain\r\nfriendly intercourse with the natives, which enables them to see much\r\nof Malay life and customs. Some of the English sailors desert here,\r\nsome are poisoned by the natives, and most of the crew become drunken\r\nand disaffected. The captain neglects to discipline them, and finally\r\nthe crew sail away with their ship and leave him (January 14, 1687),\r\nwith thirty-six of his men, at Mindanao. They halt at Guimars\r\nIsland to scrub their ship and lay in water; then\r\n(February 10) sail northward past Panay. At Mindoro they encounter some\r\nIndians, from whom they gain information as to the commerce of Manila,\r\nwhich they intend to attack and pillage. On February 23, the English\r\nbegin their piratical acts in the Philippines by capturing a Spanish\r\nbark, near the coast of Luzn. After describing that island, he\r\nrelates how some of the English sailors left at Mindanao find their way\r\nto Manila. The men on Dampiers vessel, not finding the Chinese\r\nvessels that they expected to seize, decide to wait on the coast of\r\nCambodia and Siam until the time when the Acapulco galleon is expected.\r\nHaving cruised along the mainland until July 29, they direct their\r\ncourse to the Batanes Islands, north of Luzn, arriving there\r\nAugust 6; they trade with the natives, clean the ship, and lay in\r\nprovisions, intending to go afterward to harry the Manila commerce. But\r\na fierce storm arises (September 25), driving them about for a week,\r\nand disheartening the men; and finally (October 3) they sail from the\r\nnorthern end of Luzn past the eastern coast of that island and\r\nLeyte, until [11]they reach Sarangani, where they halt to repair\r\ntheir ship. Departing thence November 2, they go to Australia, and\r\nDampier soon afterward leaves the shipspending the next four\r\nyears in the Malasian Islands, and, after numerous and varied\r\nadventures, arriving in England in September, 1691.\nFrancisco de Villalva, procurator for the Dominicans at Madrid,\r\npetitions for royal aid in sending forty missionaries of that order to\r\nthe Philippines.\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 28899 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Bourne, Edward Gaylord \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: May 21, 2009 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: English \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eContributors\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEditor\u003c\/b\u003e: Blair, Emma Helen, 1851-1911 , Robertson, James Alexander, 1873-1939\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Bourne, Edward Gaylord,1860-1908 [Commentator] \/ eBook \/ English","offer_id":43219103907997,"sku":"gb-28899-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/28899.jpg?v=1671514805","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-philippine-islands-1493-1898-volume-39-of-55-1683-1690-gb-28899","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}