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Venice held a monopoly of the only trading-route with the Far East. Some new way of reaching India must be sought, that would permit the traders of other Christian powers to reach the marts of the Orient without passing through Mohammedan lands. This surpassing achievement was accomplished by the Portuguese. So low at the present day has the power of Portugal fallen that few realize the daring and courage once displayed by her seamen and soldiers and the enormous colonial empire that she established. Portugal freed her territory of the Mohammedan Moors nearly a century earlier than Spain; and the vigor and intelligence of a great king, John I., brought Portugal, about the year 1400, to an important place among the states of Europe. This king captured from the Moors the city of Ceuta, in Morocco; and this was the beginning of modern European colonial possessions, and the first bit of land outside of Europe to be held by a European power since the times of the Crusades. King John’s youngest son was Prince Henry, famous in history under the title of “the Navigator.” This young prince, with something of the same adventurous spirit that filled the Crusaders, was ardent to extend the power of his father’s kingdom and to widen the sway of the religion which he devotedly professed. The power of the Mohammedans in the Mediterranean was too great for him hopefully to oppose and so he planned the conquest of the west coast of Africa, and its conversion to Christianity. With these ends in view, he established at Point Sagres, on the southwestern coast of Portugal, a naval academy and observatory. Here he brought together skilled navigators, charts, and geographies, and all scientific knowledge that would assist in his undertaking. He began to construct ships larger and better than any in use. To us they would doubtless seem very clumsy and small, but this was the beginning of ocean ship-building. The compass and the astrolabe, or sextant, the little instrument with which, by calculating the height of the sun above the horizon, we can tell distance from the equator, were just coming into use. These, as well as every other practicable device for navigation known at that time, were supplied to these ships...

A History of the Philippines [Didactic Press Paperbacks] David Barrows 9781546603542 Books

I found this book to be very enlightening. I had started reading Noli me Tangere, by Jose Rizal, and found myself asking what happened in Philippines before this, to cause the circumstances described by Jose Rizal. The book filled in all the blanks of nearly 400 years of occupation and the attempted conquests of the Philippine people by various European countries, and finally of the United States. Because this book was first published in 1905, it left out most modern history from the 20th century to today, but did a fine job of covering the early explorers that created the atmosphere that existed in the Philippines and the world at the time of Jose Rizal's Noli me Tangere.

Product details Paperback 272 pages Publisher CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (May 9, 2017) Language English ISBN-10 1546603549

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A History of the Philippines [Didactic Press Paperbacks] David Barrows 9781546603542 Books Reviews

It's an informative and interesting book. Learned a lot about this country and will be looking forward to reading more about it.
An account of history in the Pacific that was quick, informative and entertaining. I will look for more writing by David Barrows.
Good reference material if you want to learn about the Philippines and her history. Also a good reference for college students or simply anyone who cares about Philippines.
Copyright 1905.
Relates Philippine history to worldwide events such as how the reformation movement influenced Catholicism in the Philippines and how Columbus's discovery of the Americas influenced exploration in Asia.
Very exhaustive details of precolonial / colonial period.
A good book and interesting to read. Since I have traveled there several times I wanted to learn more about the history. This was a good book to increase my knowledge of the country.
The book has little value for understanding the modern history of the Philippines. It is a reprint of an old textbook employed by the Americans in the Philippines soon after the American occupation. However, it may be of interest as an example of how the American's presented the history of the islands.
I found this book to be very enlightening. I had started reading Noli me Tangere, by Jose Rizal, and found myself asking what happened in Philippines before this, to cause the circumstances described by Jose Rizal. The book filled in all the blanks of nearly 400 years of occupation and the attempted conquests of the Philippine people by various European countries, and finally of the United States. Because this book was first published in 1905, it left out most modern history from the 20th century to today, but did a fine job of covering the early explorers that created the atmosphere that existed in the Philippines and the world at the time of Jose Rizal's Noli me Tangere.