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A Visit to the Philippine Islands

by John Bowring

History · Travel

Open Library OL7200034W

A Visit to the Philippine Islands was the culmination of the 333-year colonial rule of Spain in the archipelago. The Philippines was one of the last major colonies of the Spanish Empire, which had already suffered a massive decline in the 1820s.

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