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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 51, 1801-1840

Note 106 — PART II

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Manila,106 the capital of the “kingdom of the Phillippines,”107 in lat. 14° 26′ N. and long. 121° 3′ East of Greenwich, is situated on the eastern side of an extensive bay in the western coast of the island Luzon, or Luconia, as it is sometimes called. It is a captain general-ship (not a viceroyalty), and archbishopric, and the seat of the Audiencia, or Supreme Tribunal.

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