Oct 16, 2018 - Sale 2488

Sale 2488 - Lot 256

Price Realized: $ 6,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 1,000
(MANUSCRIPT.) Descripciones con Planos, y Figuras, de la Capital de Manila, Puerto de Cavite, Fuerzas de los Pressidios, y otras Fortificaciones en todo el Distrito de las Provincias que sugeta el Real Dominio en las Islas Philipinas [etc.]. illustrated manuscript in spanish on rag paper, written in roman and italic hands in black ink, with eleven (of twenty-three) full-page drawings comprising 10 plans and one view of the forts described. 67 (of 79) leaves, but with text complete. 305x202 mm, 19th-century tree sheep, worn; varying dampstaining of text and drawings, few small wormholes throughout minimally affecting text and images, more conspicuous worming in upper outer corner of first 2 leaves, spattered ink on last drawing. (Manila, 5 July) 1753

Additional Details

Official fair copy of a report on Spanish fortifications in the Philippines to Francisco José de Ovando y Solís, Marqués de Ovando, then Governor-General of the colony. The text is divided into 14 sections containing descriptions of the 23 strongholds listed below. The information about each includes its distance from Manila and geographical coordinates; details of its topographical setting, construction, and measurements; armaments, ammunition, and provisions; and garrison size and composition.

1. Fort Santiago in Manila (lacking the drawing);

2. Fort San Felipe in Cavite (lacking the drawing);

3. Fort San Pedro in Cebu;

4. Forts San Francisco Xavier in Iligan, Santiago Apóstol in Dapitan, and San José in Cagayan province, Mindanao;

5. Fort of Our Lady of the Rosary (or Fort San Pedro) in Iloilo;

6. Fort of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception in Capiz, Panay (lacking the drawing);

7. unnamed fort in Romblon, Panay (lacking the drawing);

8. Forts San José in Tandag, San Francisco in Catel, and San Juan Bautista in Linao, all in Caraga province, Mindanao (lacking the drawings);

9. Fort Santa Isabel in Taytay, Palawan province (lacking the drawing);

10. Forts Cuyo, Agutaya, Culion, and Linacapan in Palawan province (lacking the drawings of all but Culion);

11. Fort San Francisco in Nueva Segovia, Cagayan province;

12. Fort San José in Capinatan, Fort San José in Cavicunga, Fort San Juan in Ajanas, all in Cagayan province;

13. Fort Playa Honda or Paynauen in Pangasinan province;

14. Fort Pilar in Zamboanga, Mindanao (lacking the drawing).