The Philippine Islands Papyras Classics

The Philippine Islands

by F.R.G.S. John Foreman

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Contents

  1. Preface to the First Edition
  2. Preface to the Third Edition
  3. Introduction
  4. General Description of the Archipelago
  5. Discovery of the Archipelago
  6. The Ladrones, Carolines and Pelew Islands
  7. Attempted Conquest by Chinese
  8. Early Relations With Japan
  9. Conflicts with the Dutch
  10. British Occupation of Manila
  11. The Chinese
  12. Wild Tribes and Pagans
  13. Mahometans and Southern Tribes
  14. Domesticated Natives—Origin—Character
  15. The Religious Orders
  16. Spanish Insular Government
  17. Spanish-Philippine Finances
  18. Its Early History
  19. Agriculture
  20. Manila Hemp—Coffee—Tobacco
  21. Maize—Cacao—Coprah, Etc
  22. Coal—Gold—Iron—Copper—Sulphur, Etc
  23. Domestic Live-stock—Ponies, Buffaloes, Etc
  24. Manila Under Spanish Rule
  25. First Period
  26. Edict
  27. Order and Command
  28. To the Brave Sons of the Philippines
  29. American Intervention
  30. Of the Revolutionary Government
  31. Of the Revolutionary Congress
  32. Of Military Justice
  33. Additional Clauses
  34. Protocol of Peace
  35. Treaty of Peace
  36. An Outline of the War of Independence, Period 1899–1901
  37. The Philippine Republic in the Central and Southern Islands
  38. The Spanish Prisoners
  39. End of the War of Independence and After
  40. Modern Manila
  41. “Allah Akbar!”
  42. The Spanish Friars, After 1898
  43. Trade and Agriculture Since the American Advent
  44. Trade Statistics
  45. Chronological Table of Leading Events

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