Antonio de Morga's History of the Philippines is one of the most important works ever written on the Spanish colonization of the Philippines in the sixteenth century and describes in fascinating detail the climate and peoples of the islands. The history also includes accounts of exploration in the Philippines by the English privateer Thomas Candish as well as those of Dutch explorers. | History of the Philippine Islands (from Their Discovery by Magellan in 1521 to the Beginning of the XVII Century; With Descriptions of