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First posted on December 10th 2011

Philippines under U.S. Rule, 1898-1946 . Philippines Independent, 1946-







The first European navigator to reach the archipelago was Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese who sailed for Spain, in 1521. The line drawn by the Treaty of Zaragoza in 1525 allocated the Philippines to Portugal, but because the Philippines had been named after Spanish crown prince Philipp (who went on to become King Philipp II. of Spain), an exception was made and the islands were allocated to Spain. From 1565 to 1571 the islands were conquered by a Spanish force, and became a dependency of the Viceroyalty of New Spain (Mexico), under the name of Spanish East Indies (with the Ladrones, Carolinas, Palau Islands and temporarily the Moluccas and the Spanish settlement on Taiwan as dependencies). The Captaincy General of the Philippines was established in 1573, the Real Audiencia of the Philippines in 1584. Communication with Spain went through Mexico, and took extremely long.
The outposts on Taiwan, in the Moluccas and on Celebes (Minahasa) were lost in the mid 17th century. A brief British occupation of Manila 1762-1764 caused the Spanish authorities to introduce changes, such as direct communication with the Philippines (since 1766). When Mexico became independent in 1821, the Philippines (with dependencies) became a Spanish colony of their own.
The 19th century brought new technologies such as the steam ship and telegraph. The opening of the Suez Canal greatly affected the Philippines, as now communication with Europe took much less time.
Long neglected, in the Philippines a form of government dubbed friarocracy had emerged; monks (of Spanish background) had a controlling influence on society. Reforms had only partially improved the situation. In the 1890s an independence movement fought Spanish rule, when in the context of the Spanish-American War 1898 U.S. troops landed, and after a short campaign, established U.S. Rule over the Philippines. Guam became a separate U.S. possession; the Northern Mariana Islands and the Caroline Islands, at that time including Palau, were sold to Germany in 1899.

The Philippines 1863-1898 . The Philippines 1821-1863

Predecessors : Sultanate of Maguindanao, Sultanate of Sulu


Students' Paper : Jeon, Hyeong Mi, Analysis of Ethnological Encyclopedias, based on the Example of the Ladrone islands (Marianas) (2010)
Students' Papers : Lee, Jiyeon, Comparative History of Empires : Cuba and the Philippines under Spanish Rule (2009)






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Country Profiles Current Article : Spanish East Indies, Captaincy General of the Philippines, from Wikipedia
Historic 1565-1821 A. de Morga, The Philippine islands, Moluccas, Siam, Cambodia, Japan, and China at the close of the sixteenth century, trsl. by H.E.J. Stanley, 1868, GB; [de Morga lived 1559-1636]
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Th. de Comyn, Estado de las islas Filipinas en 1810, 1820, in Spanish, GB ; State of the Philippine Islands : Being an Historical, Statistical, and Descriptive Account, 1821, GB
1821-1897 L.P. Alvarez y Tejero, De las Islas Filipinas: memoria, 1842, in Spanish, GB
S. de Mas, Informe sobre el estado de las islas Filipinas en 1842, 1843, in Spanish,. GB
F.M. de Govantes, Noticias y geografía de Filipinas: en dos partes, en forma de dialogo y lecciones, 1866, in Spanish, GB
F.J. de Moya y Jimenez, Las Islas Filipinas en 1882: Estudios históricos, geográficos, estadísticos, 1883, in Spanish, IA
J. Rizal, The Social Cancer, 1912, Project Gutenberg (Engl. trsl. of 1887 book "Noli me tangere")
E. Polo de Lara, Estudio social y político de las Islas Filipinas 1896, IA
1898 and just after M.A. Hamm, Manila and the Philippines (1898), posted on IA
Publicola, The duty of the American people as to the Philippines (1898), IA
J. Foreman, The Philippine islands. A political, geographical, ethnographical, social and commercial history of the Philippine archipelago and its political dependencies, embracing the whole period of Spanish rule (1899), IA
The Philippine Islands ... a brief compilation of the latest information and statistics obtainable on the numbers, area, population, races and tribes, mineral resources, agriculture, exports and imports, forests, and harbors of the Philippine Islands (1900), IA
Links General from Library of Congress, Portals to the World; from BUBL; from dmoz; from Virtual Library Philippines; Links on Philippines (chapter on Ph. History) from Univ. Oregon, Asian Studies
List of Philippine-Related Topics, from Wikipedia
Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia
on History from Univ. Wien
from Univ. Oregon, Asian Studies
Historical Dictionary Wikipilipinas
M. Buzeta, Diccionario geografico, estadistico, historico de las islas Filipinas , 1831, in Spanish, GB
Category : Spanish East Indies, Spanish Colonial Period in the Philippines, from Wikipedia
Category : Historia de Filipinas, from Wikipedia Spanish edition
Category : Philippine History, from WikiPilipinas
Organizations Philippine National Historical Society
Philippine Historical Association
Asociacion Espanola de Estudios del Pacífico
International Association of Historians of Asia (IAHA)
Japan Society for Southeast Asian Studies (JSSEAS)
The International Center for East Asian Archaeology and Cultural History (ICEAACH)
Finnish University Network for East and Southeast Asian Studies
Timelines from BBC News, from timelines.ws; from Garments Asia; from NYZ Company, very detailed
Timeline Spanish-Cuban-American War, Spanish-American War, Philippine-American War, from The Spanish American War 1898 at DSU
Timelines from DaLyn's Gateway to the Philippines : 1851-1899
Timeline of the History of Cebu, from Point Cebu
Accounts of History Modern History of the Philippines, Pearl of the Orient Seas, by Virginia Mitchell & Fraser Weir, 16 chapters; History of the Philippines, from DaLyn's Gateway to the Philippines; History of the Philippines, from Delapaz Education and Welfare Fund; Philippine History 101, by Todd Mazur
Article History of the Philippines, from Wikipedia
Historical, Malay Archipelago J. Crawfurd, History of the Indian Archipelago vol.1, 1820, vol.2, 1820, vol.3, 1820, GB
H.S.R. St. John, The Indian archipelago, its history and present state, vol.1, 1853, vol.2, 1853, GB
Historical, Philippines Captain Cope, A Brief Narrative of the First Discovery of the Philippine Islands , pp.1-33 in the same, A new history of the East-Indies: With brief observations on the religion, customs, manners and trade of the inhabitants 1754, GB (title misleading, covers period until 1754, also description of the country)
J.M. de Zuniga, An Historical View of the Philippine Islands, vol.1, vol.2, 1814, GB
R.D. Arenas, Memorias historicas y estadisticas de Filipinas y particularmente de la grande isla de Luzon, 1830, in Spanish, GB
F.X. Baranera, Compendio de la historia de Filipinas, 1884, in Spanish, IA
Montero y Vidal, Jose, El Archipilago Filipino y las islas Marianas, Carolinas y Palaos su historia, geografia y estadistica, 1886, in Spanish, SBB
J. de Alcazar, Historia de los dominios españoles en Oceanía: Filipinas, 1897, IA
M. Halstead, The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions,: Including the Ladrones, Hawaii, Cuba and Porto Rico The Eldorado of the Orient (1898), IA
A. Knapp, The story of the Philippines for use in the schools of the Philippine Islands (1902), IA
P.F. Jernegan, A Short History of the Philippines: For Use in Philippine Schools (1905), IA
D.P. Barrows, A History of the Phillipines (1905), posted on IA
J. Foreman, The Philippine Islands. A Political, Geographical, Ethographical, Social and Commercial History of the Philippine Archipelago, Embracing the Whole Period of Spanish Rule 1906, Project Gutenberg
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D.C. Worcester, The Philippines Past and Present (1914) vol.1, vol.2, IA
Ch.B. Elliott, The Philippines to the End of the Military Regime: America Overseas (1916), IA
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, 55 vols., vol.6 : 1583-1588, 1903, IA, vol.7 : 1588-1591, 1903, IA, vol.8 : 1591-1593, 1903, IA, vol.9 : 1593-1597, 1903, IA, vol.10 : 1597-1599, 1903, IA, vol.11 : 1599-1603, 1903, IA
Specific Periods P.P. de la Gironiere, Twenty years in the Philippines [1819-1839] (1854), IA
A history of Asiatic cholera in the Philippine Islands (1909), posted on Internet Archive
A. Craig, A thousand years of Philippine history before the coming of the Spaniards (1914), posted on Internet Archive
J.L. Phelan, The Hispanization of the Philippines Spanish Aims and Filipino Responses 1565-1700 (1959), posted on Internet Archive
Ch.H. Cunningham, The audiencia in the Spanish colonies as illustrated by the audiencia of Malina (1583-1800) (1919), posted on Internet Archive
Bartolome Leonardo de Argensola, Histoire de la conquete des Isles Moluques par les Espagnols vol.2, 1706, vol.3, 1706, in French, GB; Engl. trsl. by John Stevens, The discovery and conquest of the Molucco and Philippine Islands, 1708, GB
F. Rodao, Departure from Asia. Spain in the Philippines and East Asia in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Historiography Philippine Perspective Reynaldo C. Ileto, On the Historiography of Southeast Asia and the Philippines : The "Golden Age" of Southeast Asian Studies - Experiences and Reflections 2002;; click here for discussion
Portia Reyes, The "Treasonous" History of Filipino Historiography : The Life and Times of Pedro Paterno, 1858-1911, abstract 2003
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Other Perspective
Administration Institutions Articles : Governor General of the Philippines, Captaincy General of the Philippines, Royal Audience of Manila, from Wikipedia
The Royal Audiencia during the Spanish Regime, from Philippine Almanac
R.F. Pettigrew, Government of the Philippines (1900), posted on IA
Decretos Creando y Organizando El Cuerpo de Administracion Civil De Filipinas, 1870, in Spanish, GB
Jurisdiction The Spanish Civil code in force in Spain, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines (1899), IA
M. Santos-Ong, Philippine Legal Research, from GlobaLex; scroll down for Spanish Period (1521-1898)
Military Filipino Weapons & History, from Filhistory
Bartolome Leonardo de Argensola, Histoire de la conquete des Isles Moluques par les Espagnols vol.2, 1706, vol.3, 1706, in French, GB; Engl. trsl. by John Stevens, The discovery and conquest of the Molucco and Philippine Islands, 1708, GB
Caro y Mora, Juan, Ataque de Li-Ma-Hong a Manila en 1574 resena historica de aquella memorabile jornada, 1898, in Spanish, SBB
Monteverde y Sedano, Federico, Campana de Filipinas la division Lachambre 1897, 1898, in Spanish, SBB
E. Bernaldez, Resena historica de la guerra al sur de Filipinas sostenida por las armas espanolas contra los piratas de aquel archipielago: desde la conquista hasta nuestros dias, 1857, in Spanish, GB
The Rebellion in the Philippines (The North-China Daily News, Impartial not Neutral, Shanghai, 23rd October, 1896), posted by Austrian-Phlippine Website
V. Barrantes, Guerras piraticas de Filipinas contra mindanaos y joloanos 1878, in Spanish, IA
E. Bernaldez, Resena historica de la guerra al Sur de Filipinas 1857, in Spanish, IA
Economy & Finances Descr. of Nat'l Economy Economy during the Spanish Colonial Period, from Tagalog Lang
R.D. Arenas, Memoria sobre el comercio y navegacion de las islas Filipinas, 1838, in Spanish, GB
Nopitsch, Wilhelm Hermann, Kaufmännische Berichte, gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Welt mit der Kriegs-Corvette Galathea (Mercantile Reports, collected on a Journey on the War-Corvette Galathea in the Years 1845, 1846 and 1847), in den Jahren 1845, 1846 und 1847, Hamburg : Besser & Mauke 1849, in German, posted by DTBSWS, Manila pp.78-96
Minas de Cobre del Distrito de Lepanto. Filipinas, 1862, in Spanish, GB
C. de Grau y Figueras, Memoria sobre la poblacion y riqueza de las islas Filipinas, 1855, in Spanish, GB
Handelsberichte der kaufmännischen Begleiter der Ostindischen Expedition (Mercantile Reports by Traders Accompanying the Prussian East Asian Expedition), Berlin : Königliche Geheime Ober-Druckerei 1861, in German, posted by DTBSWS : Fr. Wolff : Manila, pp.60-74, C. Jacob, Manila, pp.157-170
Sancianco Goson, Gregorio, El progreso de Filipinas estudios economicos, administrativos y politicos, parte economica, 1881, in Spanish, SBB
H.H. Miller, Commercial geography. The materials of commerce for the Philippines (1911), posted on Internet Archive
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Money & Finances A Global History of Currencies : Philippines; Article Philippine Peso, from Wikipedia
Ch.A. Conant, Currency in the Philippines (1902), posted on Internet Archive
History of Department of Finance, Bureau of Customs, Philippines
Trade An Account of the Commerce carried on between the City of Manila on the Island of Luconia, and the Port of Acapulco on the Coast of Mexico, pp.51-69 in vol.2 of G. Anson, A voyage round the world, in the years 1740-44, 1781, GB
Galleon Trade, from Philippine History
Article : Manila Galleon, from Wikipedia
Cebu-Acapulco Galleon Trade, from Philippine History
The Manila Galleon Trade (1565-1815), from Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Article : Manila-Acapulco Galleon Trade, from WikiPilipinas
Article : Real Compania de Filipinas, from WikiPilipinas
M. de Azcarraga y Palmero, La libertad de comercio en las Islas Filipinas 1872, in Spanish, IA
Manufacture Article : Philippine Textile Weaving, from WikiPilipinas
Tribal Textiles, Philippines Bibliography
Arts and Crafts : Burnay Industry (Pottery), from Vigan City, Philippines
SeaPots : Philippines
Article : Philippine Pottery, from WikiPilipinas
Mining Mines and Communities : Philippines
Agriculture Larkin, John A. Sugar and the Origins of Modern Philippine Society. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993.
SRA Historical Background, from Sugar Regulatory Authority, Philippines
TED Case Studies : Philippine Sugar and the Environment
History of Rice in the Philippines, from Living Cebu Forums
Article : Manila Hemp (Abaca), from Wikipedia; from WikiPilipinas
Abaca, or Manila Hemp (Scherzer 1861), from Austrian-Philippine Website
Article : Tobacco Monopoly, from WikiPilipinas
History of Tobacco Making in the Philippines, from Traveler on Foot
K.J. Pelzer, The Spanish Tobacco Monopoly in the Philippines, 1782-1883 and the Dutch Forced Cultivation System in Indonesia, 1834-1870, Archipel Annee 1974 Volume 8 pp.147-153, Persee
R. Jordana y Morera, Memoria sobre el comercio de maderas en Filipinas 1894, in Spanish, IA
Social History General A. Guerrero, Philippine Society and Revolution (1970), Excerpts : ch.1a, ch.1b, ch.1c, Marxist; part of a not yet completely posted work as many cross-links do not work; part on social history under the Spanish complete; Full Text : here
Class Structure The Social Classes in the History of the Philippines, from Philippine Almanac
Article : Principalia, from Wikipedia
Marriage, Women The Law of Marriage in the Philippines around 1900 (Report of the Philippine Commission to the President. Vol. I. 1901, pp. 138-141), posted on Austrian-Philippine Website
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Education Article : Education in the Philippines during Spanish rule, from Wikipedia
V. Barrantes y Moreno, La Instruccion Primaria en Filipinas desde 1596 hasta 1868, 1869, in Spanish, GB
H. Santos, Literacy in the Pre-Hispanic Philippines
D. Grifol y Aliaga, La instrucción primaria en Filipinas 1894, in Spanish, IA
Corvee Labour Article : Corvee : The Philippines, from Wikipedia; Article : Polo y servicio, from WikiPilipinas
B.S. Macaranas, Feudal Work Systems and Poverty : the Philippine Experience
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D.C. Worcester, Slavery and peonage in the Philippine Islands, 1913, IA
Social Problems Article History of the Philippines, from Crime and Society. A Comparative Criminology Tour of the World (Robert Winslow)
Alcohol and Drugs History Society : Philippines
Ethnography General Languages of the Philippines (172), from Ethnologue
Minorities at Risk, scroll down for Philippines - Igorots, Moros
Article Languages of the Philippines, fromWikipedia; Category : Languages of the Philippines, from Wikipedia
Article Demographics of the Philippines, from Wikipedia
Article Ethnic Groups in the Philippines, from Wikipedia
History of the Philippine Statistical System, by Katsumi Nozawa
Alyson Slack, Separatism in Mindanao (2003), ICE Case Studies
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A.R. Kroeber, Peoples of the Philippines (1919), posted on IA
F.H.R. Sawyer, The inhabitants of the Philippines (1900), posted on IA
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F. Blumentritt, Ethnographic Map of the Philippines 1890, posted by Austrian-Philippine Website
Chinese Minority Blumentritt, Ferdinand, Die Chinesen auf den Philippinen, eine historische Skizze, 1879, in German, SBB
Jordana y Morera, Ramon, La Inmigracion China en Filipinas, 1888, in Spanish, SBB; also from IA
Article : Chinese Filipino, from Wikipedia
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Catholic Church in Republic of the Philippines, from GCatholic
F. Moreno, Historia de la Santa Iglesia Metropolitana de Filipinas, 1877, in Spanish, IA
Orders Ordo Fratrum Minorum, scroll down for Philippinae
P. Chirino, Relacion de las islas Filipinas i de lo que en ellas an trabaiado los padres dae la Compania de Iesus, 1604, in Spanish, GB
F. Colin, Labor evangelica, ministerios apostólicos de los obreros de la Compania de Iesus, fundacion y progressos de su provincia en las islas Filipinas, 1663, in Spanish, GB
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Philippines, from International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies - Cemetery Project
Traditional Belief T. Maghirang, Kulam
Article : Babaylan, from Wikipedia
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Article Regions of the Philippines, from Wikipedia
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Dependencies Caroline Islands Article : Caroline Islands, from Wikipedia
Ladrones (Marianas) Article : Mariana Islands, from Wikipedia
Minahasa Spanish control from 1570s to 1650s; see Minahasa at this site
Article : Menado : History, from Wikipedia
Moluccas Spanish presence in the Moluccas 1606-1663. See Ternate, Tidore at this site
Articles : Tidore : History, Ternate : History, from Wikipedia
Taiwan Article : Spanish Formosa, from Wikipedia
Palau Islands Article : Palau, from Wikipedia
Claimed Territories Sulu
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Tannert, Karl Arthur, Manila Skizze, 1898, in German, SBB
Institutions
Culture
Biographies List of Filipinos, from Wikipedia
Others Disaster History by Country : Philippines, fromRelief Web, History of Disaster Management in the Philippines, from National Disaster Coordinating Council, Republic of the Philippines; Category : Disasters in the Philippines, from Wikipedia
The Legacy of Freemasons in the Philippines, by Rodel J. Ramos
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F.E. Vergara, La Masoneria en Filipinas: Estudio de actualidad; apuntes para la historia de la colonizacion 1896, in Spanish, IA
Indo-Malayan Ecoregion, from WWF
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DIRECTORY OF INTERNET SOURCES . . . EXTERNALLY POSTED DOCUMENTS
Historical Data Lists of Statesmen from World Statesmen (B. Cahoon); from Rulers (B. Schemmel); from World Rulers (E. Schulz, illustrated)
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Documents Historical Newspapers
Image Databanks Wikimedia Commons
Image Databank : South East Asian Images & Texts, from University of Wisconsin Digital Collection (on Philippines, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia)
Historic Picture Postcards, from Postcardman, commercial site
Philippines, from Images of Asia
Archival Deposits Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken (Mofa, NL ; enter "Filipijnen" in field : "Lijst samenstellen op land of regio", 6 entries; sources posted in Dutch language
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Estatutos de la Santa y apostólica Provincia de San Gregorio Magno de Filipinas de religiosos menores descalzos de la regular y mas estrecha observancia de nuestro padre S. Francisco: dispuestas y ordenadas en virtud de breves apostólicos y derechos canónico y regular, 1870, in Spanish, GB
Treaties U.S. Bureau of Insular Affairs, Philippine Islands: Acts of Congress and Treaties Pertaining to the Philippine Islands in Force .. (1920), posted on Internet Archive
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Document Collections Coleccion de documentos ineditos relativos al descubrimiento, conquista y organizacion de las antiguas posesiones Espanoles vol.2, 1862, vol.3, 1863, vol.5, 1865, vol.6, 1866, vol.8, 1867, GB
Coleccion de autos acordados de la Real audiencia chancilleria de Filipinas: Y de soberanas y superiores disposiciones que afectan al ramo de justicia o conviene tengan presentes los jueces que reunen a la vez el carácter de gobernadores de provincia. Publicada por dicho superior tribunal, vols.1-2, 1865, GB
Real Cedula de ereccion de la Compania de Filipinas de 10 de marzo de 1785, GB
Documentos para la historia de la administracion de filipinas, 1891, in Spanish, GB
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Secular Article Philippine Islands, pp.475-477 in vol.14 of Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1797, GB
Article Philippine Islands, pp.275-276 in vol.16 of Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1823, GB
Articles Philippinen, Cebu, Luzon, Manila, Mindanao, Palawan, Sulu, from Meyers Konversationslexikon 1885-1892, in German
Religious Article Philippine Islands, Cebu, Jaro (Iloilo), Manila, Palawan, Zamboanga, from Catholic Encyclopedia 1907-1914 edition
Ostindien, pp.677-696 in vol.2 of C.Fr. Staeudlin, Kirchliche Geographie u. Statistik, 1804, in German, GB
Economic Philippine Islands, pp.426-433 in vol.2 of W. Milburn, Oriental Commerce, 1813, GB
Entry : Philippinische Inseln, pp.587-588 in vol.3 of Leipziger Handwörterbuch der Handlungs-, Comptoir- und Waarenkunde, 1819, in German, GB
J. Chr. Nelkenbrecher, Allgemeines Taschenbuch der Münz-, Maass- und Gewichtskunde für Banquiers und Kaufleute (General Manual on Coinage, Measurement and Weights, for Bankers and Merchants) Berlin 1832, in German, entries Manila, posted by DTBSWS
Gülich, Gustav von, Geschichtliche Darstellung des Handels, der Gewerbe und des Ackerbaus der bedeutenden handeltreibenden Staaten unserer Zeit (Historical Description of Trade, Industry and Agriculture of the Important Trading States of Our Time), Jena : Frommann 6 vol.s 1830-1845, chapter : Das vormals Spanische Amerika : Philippinen, vol.4 1844 pp.89-91, posted by DTBSWS
E.G. Balfour, The cyclopaedia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, commercial, industrial, and scientific; products of the mineral, vegetable, and animal kingdoms, useful arts and manufactures (1885), vol.1, vol.2, vol.3, posted on Internet Archive; search for Philippines
Political The Philippine Islands, pp.25-35 in vol.8 of T.G. Smollett, The present state of all nations, 1769, GB
Geographical Article : Philippines, pp.285-294 in vol.6 of A.A. Bruzen de la Martiniere, Le grand dictionnaire geographique et critique, 1736, in French, GB
The Philippine Islands, pp.350-354 in vol.3 of R. Beatson, Naval and military memoirs of Great Britain, from 1727 to 1783, 1804, GB; report probably from 1762
Of the Philippine Islands, pp.29-32 in J. Carver, The new universal traveller: containing a full and distinct account of all the empires, kingdoms, and states, in the known world 1779, GB
Of the Caroline, Bashee, Philippine and Pelew Islands, pp.141-162 in vol.1 of J. Payne, Universal geography formed into a new and entire system 1794, GB
De Philipijnsche Eilanden, pp.450-463 in vol.3 of J.H. Tuckey, Aardrijkskunde voor den Koophandel, 1819, in Dutch, GB
The Phillipine Islands, pp.79-83 in J.H. Moor, Notices of the Indian archipelago & adjacent countries, 1837, GB
The Philippine Islands pp.294-295 in J. MacFarlane, Economic geography, c. 1910, GB
Ethnological The Philippine Natives pp.220-222 in A.H. Keane, The World's Peoples: A Popular Account of Their Bodily & Mental Characters , 1908, GB
Historical The Present State of the Oriental Islands, pp.92-112 in vol.1 of Th. Salmon, Modern history or the present state of all nations, 1744, GB; The Present State of Mexico : Trade with the Philippines, pp.216-217, in vol.3 of Th. Salmon, Modern History or the Present State of all Nations, 1746, GB
The Philippines, pp.394-403 in A General history of the several nations of the world , 1751, GB
Les Philippines, pp.118-133 in J.J. Vaissette, Geographie historique, ecclesiastique et civile, 1755, in French, GB
Philippine Islands, pp.235-237 in vol.64 of G. Sale, An Universal history, from the earliest account of time 1765, GB
F. Sonnerat, Of the Philippines and Moluccas 1782, posted by Austrian-Philippine Website
Philippine Islands, p.387 in vol.2 of S. Maulder, The history of the world: comprising a general history, 1856, GB
Parliamentary Debates Hansard (British Parliament)
Exhibition Catalogues E. Taviel de Andrade, Historia de la exposición de las Islas Filipinas en Madrid el ano de 1887, 1887, in Spanish, GB
Tour Guides, Travelogues C.L.F.F. Renouard Sainte-Croix, Voyage commercial et politique aux Indes Orientales, aux iles Philippines, a la Chine, avec des notions sur la Cochinchine et le Tonquin pendant les annees 1803, 1804, 1805, 1806 et 1807, 1810, in French, GB
M. de Poterat, Journal d'un voyage au Cap de Horn, au Chili, au Perou, aux iles Philippines, et a la cote de Nouvelle Espagne, 1815, in French, GB
Bowring, John, A visit to the Philippine Islands, 1859, SBB
LeGras, Alexandre, Description des iles et des passages, compris entre la partie nord de l'ile Luçon et des iles du Japon, 1857, in French, SBB
A. Marche, Luçon et Palaouan: six années de voyages aux Philippines , 1887, in French, IA
A. Craig, The former Philippines thru foreign eyes, 1917, IA
Residence Memoirs R.M. Micking, Recollections of Manilla and the Philippines during 1848, 1849, And 1850 (1851), IA
P.P. de la Gironiere, Twenty Years in the Philippines, 1854, IA (1819-1839)
Institutions Archives The National Archives, from WikiPilipinas
Musea National Museum of the Philippines
Monuments Tentative List : Philippines, World Heritage List, scroll down for the Philippines; from UNESCO World Heritage
The Philippines Index, from Showcaves
Libraries National Library of the Philippines; Article : National Library of the Philippines, from Wikipedia
Libraries in the Philippines, from LibDex, 23 entries
National Symbols Flags, Coats of Arms
Coins, Banknotes Coins of Spanish Philippines, from Oriental Coins Database
Stamps Rare Philippines Stamps, from Sandafayre Stamp Gallery; Philippines stamps issue 1852-1882, from Stamps Catalogue 1840-1920 by Evert Klaseboer

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RHS Bibliography
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on the Philippines Modern Philippine Bibliography, from Library of Congress
Philippines, from The Online Books Page
Food and Culture (a bibliography), by R.T. Dirks, click on South East Asia
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J.T. Medina, Bibliografía espanola de las Islas Filipinas (1523-1810) 1897, IA
A.G.S. Josephson, Bibliographies of the Philippine Islands, 1899, IA
Biblioteca Filipina : o sea catalogo razonado de todos los impresos, tanto insulares como extranjeros, relativos a la historia, la etnografía, la linguistica, la botanica, la fauna, la flora, la geologia, la hidrografia, la geografia, la legislacion, etc., de las Islas Filipinas, de Jolo y Marianas, 1903, in Spanish, IA
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J.A. Robertson, Bibliography of the Philippine Islands 1908, IA
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South East Asia Visions, at Cornell
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Asia Insights, from NIAS, 2002-
Philippine Studies 1953-
Southeast Asian Studies 1963-, mostly in Japanese
Explorations, 1997- Graduate Student Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, CSEAS, Univ. of Hawaii
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