Reports Concerning the Mariana Islands: The Memorlas of 1890-1894

by Joaquin Vara De Rey Y Rubio, Luis Cadarso Y Rey, Luis Santos Fontordera

As the nineteenth century dawned, twilight crept over Spain?s golden empire. Revolutionary movements in the Americas took their toll. Galleons no longer linked Acapulco and the Philippines. Isolation enveloped the Spanish-held Mariana Islands. Spain?s years in the Pacific were numbered, but her loyal sons continued to garrison the Philippines and the Marianas, denying them to others, thwarting revolutionaries. Throughout the century, Spain directed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1878453432
• ISBN13: 9781878453433
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 176 Pages