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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 40 of 55, 1690-1691

Volume 40 — Appendix: Ethnological Description of the Filipinos

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Native races and their customs. Francisco Colin, S.J.; Madrid, 1663.

The natives of the southern islands. Francisco Combés, S.J.; 1667.

Letter on the Filipinos. Gaspar de San Agustín, O.S.A.; 1720.

The native peoples and their customs. Juan Francisco de San Antonio, O.S.F.; 1738.

Sources: The material for this appendix is obtained from the following works: Colin’s Labor evangélica (Madrid, 1663), book i, chap. iv, xiii–xvi; from a copy in the possession of Edward E. Ayer, Chicago. Combés’s Hist. de Mindanao, Ioló, etc. (Madrid, 1667)—reprinted by Retana and Pastells (Madrid, 1897), chap. ix–xviii; from a copy of the latter in the possession of the Editors. San Agustín’s letter, from an early MS. copy in the possession of Edward E. Ayer. San Antonio’s Crónicas (Manila, 1738), i, pp. 129–172; from a copy in the possession of Edward E. Ayer.

Translations: The above matter is compiled and translated by James Alexander Robertson.

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