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Report of the Philippine commission to the President January 31, 1900[-December 20, 1900]

Catalog Data

Author:
United States Philippine Commission (1899-1900)  Search this
Schurman, Jacob Gould 1854-1942  Search this
Dewey, George 1837-1917  Search this
Otis, Elwell Stephen 1838-1909  Search this
Denby, Charles 1830-1904  Search this
Worcester, Dean C (Dean Conant) 1866-1924  Search this
Former owner:
Mason, Otis T. 1838-1908 DSI  Search this
Physical description:
4 v. in 3. plates. illus. 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Philippines
Date:
1900
1901
1900-1901
Notes:
Report signed (in facsimile) by Jacob Gould Schurman, George Dewey, Charles Denby, Dean C. Worcester, and John R. MacArthur.
Composition of the report is as follows: v. 1, Papers by the various members of the commission on existing and desired conditions e.g. "Efforts toward conciliation and the establishment of peace." "Peoples of the islands." "Education." "Government." "Conditions and needs of the United States in the Philippines from a naval and maritime standpoint", etc. v. 2, Testimony and exhibits. v. 3-4, Translation and condensation, under the direction of Dean C. Worcester, of treatises submitted by the Jesuits on the subjects: orography, hydrography, geognosy, phytography, zoography, climatology, cyclical variation of terrestrial magnetism, seismic, foci, ethnography, chorography, state of culture, chronology.
The originals were published in Washington, 1900, under title: El archipielago filipino.
The atlas to accompany this report prepared at the Observatorio de Manila, was published by the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.
"Special pub. no. 3, 1900."
Call number:
J662 .N19 1900
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_452339