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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898; Volume 50

Note 19 — ANDA’S MEMORIAL, 1768

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“The economic ideas of Señor Anda were as erroneous as were those among the generality of the Spaniards in that period. The commerce of exportation was for them a wrong and a heinous act, with which they reproached him who did it; nor would they admit that he who sells his products has a right to carry them where he can obtain the highest price.” (Pardo de Tavera, note 18, p. 78.) ↑

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