Luis Perez Dasmariñas, Acting Governor, informs King Philip II of the
treatment received from the Portuguese by his cousin, Hernando de Castro whom he sent to China to investigate on the whereabouts...
The History of the Great Kingdom of China, printed in 1586, is a compilation of narratives written by Spanish and Portuguese missionaries who had gone into China and gathered by Father Juan Gonzalez de...
Guido de Lavezaris makes a report dated 29 June 1573 of Governor Miguel Lopez de Legazpi's death and of the affairs in the Philippines since then. Allotments of lands which...
An account of the Chinese Uprising of October 1603 written by an unknown soldier, abridged by Miguel Rodriguez Maldonado, and published in 1606, the document describes the...
Thomas de Comyn, a Spanish official of the Compania Real de Filipinas, examines the socio-economic conditions of the Philippines in the early 19th century. He estimates the...
The ordinances enacted by the Audiencia of Manila from June 1598 to July 1599 throw much light on social and economic conditions of the Philippines at that time. Certain
The following ordinances enacted by the Audiencia of Manila during the first half of 1599 cover the social and economic conditions of the Philippines at that time. The alcaldes-mayor...
The Roots is above all a Filipino story.
It begins as the story of our ancestors, their differentiation into Muslims and non-Muslims, and then the division of the non-Muslims into Christians and non-Christians....
In this article, Austin Craig expounds on Philippine pre-Hispanic history using records found in the annals of China that focus on the appearance, customs, practices, religion, and trading relationships...