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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 43, 1670-1700: Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century

History

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 43, 1670-1700: Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century

Demarcation line of Alexander VI; Missions -- Philippines; Philippines -- Discovery and exploration; Philippines -- History -- Sources

Joaquin Martínez de Zúñiga was one of the most illustrious men
of the Augustinian order who ever labored in the Philippines. He
was born in Aguilar in Navarra, February 19, 1760, and deciding to
embrace the religious life professed in the Augustinian college at
Valladolid January 26, 1779. Setting out for the Philippines in 1785,
he remained one year in Mexico, before going to them, arriving in
Manila, August 3, 1786. In the islands he learned the Tagálog language,
and acted as minister-associate in Batangas and Tambobon for four
years. In 1790 he was appointed lector [i. e., reader or lecturer],
but was soon appointed parish priest of Hagonoy (1791). In 1792 he
acted as secretary of the province, and in 1794 and 1797 administered
the villages of Calumpit and Pasig respectively. Being invited by
General Álava to accompany him on his tour of inspection among the
islands, he did so, and the Estadismo (published in Madrid in 1893 by
W. E. Retana) is the fruit of that journey. After returning to Manila,
he took charge of the parish of Parañaque (1801-1806). In 1806 he was
elected provincial of the order. He had also filled the office of
definitor in 1794, and was a calificador of the Holy Office. After
his provincialate he resumed charge of the ministry of Parañaque
which he held until his death (March 7, 1818). The Historia has been
translated into English by John Maver and printed in two editions. He
is said also to have translated, annotated, and printed the work of Le
Gentil, but which Retana (Estadismo, i, pp. xviii, xxix) says cannot
now be found. Apropos of this, Dr. T. H. Pardo de Tavera sends a copy
of the title-page of a MS. of this Spanish work which is as follows:
"Voyage of M. Le Gentil, to the Philipinas Islands, translated from
the French into the Spanish, by the very reverend father lector, Fray
Joaquin Martinez de Zuñiga.... The translator adds some notes in which
he reveals and refutes many errors of the author." Pardo de Tavera says
that this MS. is unpublished and that its existence is unsuspected and
not known even by the Augustinians. See Pérez's Catáloga, pp. 346-348,
and Pardo de Tavera's Biblioteca Filipina (Washington, 1903), p. 252.

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History

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 43, 1670-1700: Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century

Demarcation line of Alexander VI; Missions -- Philippines; Philippines -- Discovery and exploration; Philippines -- History -- Sources

Joaquin Martínez de Zúñiga was one of the most illustrious men
of the Augustinian order who ever labored in the Philippines. He
was born in Aguilar in Navarra, February 19, 1760, and deciding to
embrace the religious life professed in the Augustinian college at
Valladolid January 26, 1779. Setting out for the Philippines in 1785,
he remained one year in Mexico, before going to them, arriving in
Manila, August 3, 1786. In the islands he learned the Tagálog language,
and acted as minister-associate in Batangas and Tambobon for four
years. In 1790 he was appointed lector [i. e., reader or lecturer],
but was soon appointed parish priest of Hagonoy (1791). In 1792 he
acted as secretary of the province, and in 1794 and 1797 administered
the villages of Calumpit and Pasig respectively. Being invited by
General Álava to accompany him on his tour of inspection among the
islands, he did so, and the Estadismo (published in Madrid in 1893 by
W. E. Retana) is the fruit of that journey. After returning to Manila,
he took charge of the parish of Parañaque (1801-1806). In 1806 he was
elected provincial of the order. He had also filled the office of
definitor in 1794, and was a calificador of the Holy Office. After
his provincialate he resumed charge of the ministry of Parañaque
which he held until his death (March 7, 1818). The Historia has been
translated into English by John Maver and printed in two editions. He
is said also to have translated, annotated, and printed the work of Le
Gentil, but which Retana (Estadismo, i, pp. xviii, xxix) says cannot
now be found. Apropos of this, Dr. T. H. Pardo de Tavera sends a copy
of the title-page of a MS. of this Spanish work which is as follows:
"Voyage of M. Le Gentil, to the Philipinas Islands, translated from
the French into the Spanish, by the very reverend father lector, Fray
Joaquin Martinez de Zuñiga.... The translator adds some notes in which
he reveals and refutes many errors of the author." Pardo de Tavera says
that this MS. is unpublished and that its existence is unsuspected and
not known even by the Augustinians. See Pérez's Catáloga, pp. 346-348,
and Pardo de Tavera's Biblioteca Filipina (Washington, 1903), p. 252.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

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