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Title | El Archipiélago Filipino : colección de datos geográficos, estadísticos cronológicos y científicos relativos al mismo entresacados de anteriores obras ú obtenidos con la propia observación y estudio |
Publisher | Washington : Imprenta de Gobierno |
Date | 1900 |
Description | 2 v. (xxvi, 708 p.; xx, 469 p., 27 leaves) : ill., plates, maps ; 4° |
Note | The UST Library has two copies of the two-volume text and they are in good condition. Each set includes a table of contents. |
Summary | Volume One deals with geographical situations in the archipelago, composed of Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao; in chronology are: conditions, statistical information, ethnography, inhabitants, general characteristics and divisions of races, public utility, agricultural products, birds, animals and orography. Volume Two focuses on climatology and seismology. It also discusses the foundation of the Observatory of Manila by the Jesuit fathers. |
Subject | Culture. |
Subject2 | Minorities - Philippines. |
Subject3 | Philippines - History. |
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Language | Spanish |
Rights | The digital copy is owned by the UST Miguel de Benavides Library. |