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The new America and the Far East; a picturesque and historic description of these lands and peoples, by G. Waldo Browne ... with a general introduction by Edward S. Ellis ... with the following special articles: Hawaii, by the Honorable Henry Cabot Lodge; The Philippines, by Major-General Joseph Wheeler; Japan, by His Excellency Kogoro Takahira; China, by the Honorable John D. Long; Cuba, by General Leonard Wood; Porto Rico, by the Honorable Charles H. Allen. Illustrated by about 1,200 photogravures, colored plates, engravings and maps. Page 237

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Browne, George Waldo
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Boston: Marshall Jones company, 1907, pg 237

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TIIE PHILIPPINES. 237 China of what wras taking place. An expedition was at once fitted out to be sent against the outlaw, upon learning of which Li-ma-hong abandoned his ambition and disappeared from the scene. A portion of his followers, who were left behind, fled to the fields, where some of their descendants are yet to be found. The history of those trying periods is filled with conflicting accounts of battles with the pirates of the seas. A dependency of New Spain, as America was then called, the only course of communication between the islands and Spain was by way of Mexico, and the galleons coming from arsenal at puerto princessa, palawan. hither, laden with the manufactured goods and money needed by the colony, or returning with the rich cargoes of the tropics, were tempting prizes for the outlaws of the ocean. Thus the memory of the defence against the Chinese was still vivid in the minds of the Spanish when Dutch buccaneers appeared in the surrounding waters. Securely quartered on the Moluccas, these freebooters ventured forth on conquests in which mercy was neither shown nor expected. The galleons of Spain were ruthlessly seized, the last defender put to death, and the valuable prize borne away in triumph. So ineffectual was Spain's resistance that the colony was despoiled of gold, silver, and treasures of value beyond estimate.hither, laden with the manufactured goods and money needed by the colony, or returning with the rich cargoes of the tropics, were tempting prizes for the outlaws of the ocean. Thus the memory of the defence against the Chinese was still vivid in the minds of the Spanish when Dutch buccaneers appeared in the surrounding waters. Securely quartered on the Moluccas, these freebooters ventured forth on conquests in which mercy was neither shown nor expected. The galleons of Spain were ruthlessly seized, the last defender put to death, and the valuable prize borne away in triumph. So ineffectual was Spain's resistance that the colony was despoiled of gold, silver, and treasures of value beyond estimate.
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