A Thousand Years Of Philippine History Before The Coming Of The Spaniards

Hardcover reprint of the original 1914 edition - beautifully bound in brown cloth covers featuring titles stamped in gold, 8vo - 6x9. No adjustments have been made to the original text, giving readers the full antiquarian experience. For quality purposes, all text and images are printed as black and white. This item is printed on demand. Book Information: Craig, Austin. A Thousand Years Of Philippine History Before The Coming Of The Spaniards. Indiana: Repressed Publishing LLC, 2012. Original Publishing: Craig, Austin. A Thousand Years Of Philippine History Before The Coming Of The Spaniards, . Manila, 1914. Subject: Philippines, History

Excerpt from A Thousand Years of Philippine History Before the Coming of the Spaniards Ships in the southern trade, both going and coming, must run through the Triple-joint. Currents. If they have the wind, in 1, moment they are through it. But if on getting into the danger ous place there is no wind, the ship cannot get out and is wrecked in the three currents. It is said that, in the Great Eastern Ocean Sea there is a long bank of sand and rocks some myriads of li (705 yards 01 2-5 mile) in length. It marks the gulf leading to Hades (wei-ln). In olden times there was an ocean-going junk which was driven by a. Great westerly wind to within hearing dis tance of the roar of the waves falling into Wei-ln of the Great Eastern Ocean. No land was to be seen. Suddenly there arose a strong easterly wind and the junk escaped its doom. (hirth and Rockhill, Chau ju-kua, note 3, p. Such superstition, like that of the Pillars of Hercules, in the Strait of Gibraltar, naturally restrained explorations so that the first voyages across the China sea came from Manila. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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"Philippine Progress Prior to 1898" by Conrado O. Benitez is a history book about the Philippines, its people, and economical development. Some important chapters include The Old Philippines' Industrial Development by Conrado Benitez, Prehistoric civilization in the Philippines by Elsdon Best, Beginnings of Philippine Nationalism, and many more. Excerpt: "At the time of the arrival of the Spaniards, agriculture in the Philippines was in a comparatively prosperous condition.1 The Filipinos cultivated rice, which, as today, formed their chief article of food. They grew also sugar-cane, coconuts, indigo, sweet potatoes, and other tubers, various kinds of bananas, the betel-nut palm, the tamarind, lansone, and several varieties of legumes,2 The hemp plant was likewise grown, and as we shall see later on, was used at the time for making the so-called "sinamay" cloth.3 Cotton was cultivated, and furnished the material for weaving."

Written with high school and undergraduate students as the target audience, this volume is ideal for anyone interested in Philippine history. It pieces together evidence from the precolonial era, illustrating the country's relationship with its neighboring Asian countries, its functioning social system, its widespread literacy, and developed system of writing. Its discussion of the precolonial era acknowledges the significant role women played in Philippine society, one that changed significantly with the coming of the friars. Its summary of over 350 years of colonial rule by Spain and almost 50 years by the United States helps the reader to understand why the Philippines is uniquely different from its Asian neighbors. It illustrates how Filipinos responded to colonialization, their active participation in the making of the nation and the shaping of Philippine society, and most importantly, the courage and resiliency of the Filipino people.