The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes by Fedor Jagor; Tomas de Comyn; Chas.Wilkes; Rudolf Virchow.This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: The Former Philippines thru Foreign EyesAuthor: Fedor Jagor; Tomas de Comyn; Chas. Wilkes; Rudolf Virchow.Release Date: June 18, 2004 [EBook #10770]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE FORMER PHILIPPINES ***Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Distributed Proofreaders TeamTHE FORMER PHILIPPINES THRU FOREIGN EYESEdited by Austin CraigPrefaceAmong the many wrongs done the Filipinos by Spaniards, to be charged against their undeniably large debt to Spain,one of the greatest, if not the most frequently mentioned, was taking from them their good name.Spanish writers have never been noted for modesty or historical accuracy. Back in 1589 the printer of the Englishtranslation of Padre Juan Gonzalez de Mendoza's "History of the Great and Mighty Kingdom of China" felt it necessary toprefix this warning: * * * the Spaniards (following their ambitious affections) do usually in all their writings extoll their ownactions, even to the setting forth of many untruthes and incredible things, as in their descriptions of the conquistes of theeast and west Indies, etc ...