Souvenirs d’un Voyage aux Iles Philippines par J. de Man [Souvenirs of a Voyage to the Philippine Islands by J. de Man]
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Author: J. de Man
Publisher: Imprimerie Stockmans & Moerincx, Anvers. [Antwerp]
Year: 1875
Size: 21.3 x 14.8 cm, 8vo
Reference: Griffin: Lib of Con p.126; Pardo de Tavera: BF 1593; Palau 148206; Retana 1484; NUC lists one copy only (Lib of Congress); Nardin, Bibliographie des ouvrages en français sur les Philippines, 99
Description
268 pp, hardbound in red cloth, gilted spine, protective plastic cover, 8 original photos pasted in. Interesting and entertaining book that collects the memories and experiences of the author during a trip to the Philippines, departing from Marseille on May 29, 1870, aboard the “Volga” crossing the Red Sea, through Aden (Indochina), Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Singapore, Hong Kong, and Manila where it ended. Accounts of different festivals, theaters, rites, tremors or earthquakes, tribes, hunting and fishing from different islands visited.. Annex of Philippine trade data of imports, industry, agriculture, banking, navigation, mineralogy, climate, etc.