I. The Philippines as a Subject for Historical Study 9 II. The Peoples of the Philippines 25 III. Europe and the Far East about 1400 A.D. 42 IV. The Great Geographical Discoveries 61 V. Filipino People Before the Arrival of the Spaniards 88 VI. The Spanish Soldier and the Spanish Missionary 108 VII. Period of Conquest and Settlement, 1565-1600 125 VIII. The Philippines Three Hundred Years Ago 156 IX. The Dutch and Moro Wars, 1600-1663 187 X. A Century of Obscurity and Decline, 1633-1762 212 XI. The Philippines During the Period of European Revolution, 1762-1837 231 XII. Progress and Revolution, 1837-1897 259 XIII. America and the Philippines 287 Appendix 321 Index 325 LIST OF MAPS. Page Philippine Islands 6, 7 Countries and Peoples of Malaysia 26, 27 Races and Tribes of the Philippines 30 The Spread of Mohammedanism 39 Europe about 1400 AD. 44 Routes of Trade to the Far East 50 The Countries of the Far East 58 Restoration of Toscanelli's Map 69 Early Spanish Discoveries in the Philippines 77 The New World and the Indies as divided between Spain and Portugal 85 Conquest and Settlement by the Spaniards in the Philippines, 1505-1590 124 Straits of Manila 133 The City of Manila 134 Luzon 158, 159 Mindanao, Visayas, and Paragua 288, 289 American Campaigns in Northern Luzon 302 HISTORY OF THE PHILIPPINES. CHAPTER I. THE PHILIPPINES AS A SUBJECT FOR HISTORICAL STUDY.