UID:
almafu_9959691356002883
Format:
1 online resource (xxvi, 431 pages) :
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illustrations (black and white), map (black and white), digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
0-511-70780-0
Series Statement:
Cambridge library collection. Travel and exploration
Uniform Title:
Sucesos de las Islas Filipina.
Content:
The publications of the Hakluyt Society made available edited early accounts of exploration. The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir Francis Drake, & covering voyages to the New World, to China & Japan, to Russia & to Africa & India. This 1868 volume is the first publication in English of a book originally published in Mexico in 1609, which describes the Spanish 'discovery, conquest & conversion' of the Philippines in the 16th century, & the administration of this part of the Spanish empire. The introductory essay situates the book in the context of the historiography of the Spanish empire, & identifies parallels for the colonial experience, & especially for the treatment of indigenous peoples, in the issues confronting the mid-19th century British empire.
Note:
"Translated from the Spanish, with notes and a preface, and a letter from Luis Vaez De Torres, describing his voyage through the Torres Straits"--original title page.
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Also issued in print: 2009.
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Translated from the Spanish.
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Originally published: London: The Hakluyt Society, 1868.
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Includes index.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-108-01073-3
Language:
English
