Featured Document for May 2023

𝐂𝐞𝐛𝐮 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐚𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐩, 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟓, 𝟏𝟖𝟖𝟓 The port of Manila became available to international trading from 1835 onwards, and the port of Cebu opened up to international trade seven years later. The Cebu custom house and port were opened in April, 1842. Other vital improvements of Cebu port were planned and built in continue reading : Featured Document for May 2023

Featured Document of the Month for March 2023

  𝐒𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐚𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧, 𝐆𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐚, 𝐀𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐧 & 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐮𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐬, 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟒, 𝟏𝟕𝟗𝟕   At the height of Spanish colonial power, King Philip II ordered a survey of lands that the Spanish Crown had claimed as part of its colonial territory since the mid-1500s. Local administrators were tasked to bring to Spain maps detailing the continue reading : Featured Document of the Month for March 2023

Featured Document of the Month for February 2023

  𝗨𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽’𝘀 𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗝𝗮𝗿𝗼, 𝗜𝗹𝗼𝗶𝗹𝗼 25 February 1895, Ink on cloth, 53 x 78 cm., National Archives of the Philippines Collection Pope Pius IX, through the brief Qui ab Initio (Who from the beginning), created a new diocese with a seat in Jaro on May 27, 1865. By then, continue reading : Featured Document of the Month for February 2023

Featured Document of the Month for January 2023

  𝗦𝗸𝗲𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝘂𝗮𝘆 𝗥𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗼 Mindanao, 28 April 1872, Map# 208 National Archives of the Philippines Collection   The sketch is of the land on the Simuay River, the camp, and the town of Amadeo. The land was surveyed with a compass by continue reading : Featured Document of the Month for January 2023