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The Philippine Islands, Moluccas, Siam, Cambodia, Japan, and China, at the Close of the Sixteenth Century (Paperback)
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The Philippine Islands, Moluccas, Siam, Cambodia, Japan, and China, at the Close of the Sixteenth Century (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Hakluyt First Series
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Title: The Philippine Islands, Moluccas, Siam, Cambodia, Japan, and
China at the Close of the Sixteenth Century, Tr. With Notes and a
Preface by H.e.j. Stanley General Books publication date: 2009
Original publication date: 1868 Original Publisher: Printed for the
Hakluyt Society Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the
original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing
text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get
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more than a million books for free. Excerpt: G down as they were by
blind tyrannies and barbarous cruelties, with which the enemy of
the human race had for so long afflicted them and brought them up
for himself. From this cause the crown and sceptre of Spain has
come to extend itself over all that the sun looks on, from its
rising to its setting, with the glory and splendour of its power
and majesty; but surpassing any of the other princes of the earth
by having gained innumerable souls for heaven, which has been
Spain's principal intention and wealth. And besides much riches and
the treasures which she enjoys, together with memorable deeds and
victories which she has won, so that throughout the universe her
great name is praised and celebrated, and the perseverance and
valour of her vassals, who have accomplished these deeds and poured
out their blood. Having won America, a fourth part of the earth
which the ancients never knew, they sailed following the sun, and
discovered in the Western Ocean an archipelago of many islands,
adjacent to further Asia, inhabited by various nations, abounding
in rich metals, precious stones, and pearls, and all manner of
fruit. Where, raising the standard of the Faith, they snatched them
from the yoke and power of the devil, and placed them under her
command and government: so that justly may they raise in those
isles the pillars and trophies of Ncm pfas ultra, which the famous
Hercules left on the shore...
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