The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 / Blair and Robertson

The Philippine Islands is a monumental 55-volume book by Emma Helen Blair and James Alexander Robertson. It consists of primary source documents for Philippine history translated into English.

Electronic copies of the book in text format for vols. 1-52 are available from Project Gutenberg, while scanned copies of the pages for the whole set are available from the University of Michigan Digital Library.

Printed, CD-ROM, and microfilm version are also available in the Library.

For online reading:

Primary Sources in Philippine History. Volume 1 to 55, including bibliography and analytical index. http://philhist.pbworks.com/w/page/16367055/ThePhilippineIslands

For e-book download:

Project Gutenberg. Volume 1 to 52. Available with images in HTML, EPUB, Kindle, and plain text format.

  1. Volume I: 1493-1529
  2. Volume II: 1521-1569
  3. Volume III: 1569-1576
  4. Volume IV: 1576-1582
  5. Volume V: 1582-1583
  6. Volume VI: 1583-1588
  7. Volume VII: 1588-1591
  8. Volume VIII: 1591-1593
  9. Volume IX: 1593-1597
  10. Volume X: 1597-1599
  11. Volume XI: 1599-1602
  12. Volume XII: 1601-1604
  13. Volume XIII: 1604-1605
  14. Volume XIV: 1605-1609
  15. Volume XV: 1609
  16. Volume XVI: 1609
  17. Volume XVII: 1609-1616
  18. Volume XVIII: 1617-1620
  19. Volume XIX: 1620-1621
  20. Volume XX: 1621-1624
  21. Volume XXI: 1624
  22. Volume XXII: 1625-1629
  23. Volume XXIII: 1629-1630
  24. Volume XXIV: 1630-1634
  25. Volume XXV: 1635-1636
  26. Volume XXVI: 1636
  27. Volume XXVII: 1636-1637
  28. Volume XXVIII: 1637-1638
  29. Volume XXIX: 1638-1640
  30. Volume XXX: 1640
  31. Volume XXXI: 1640
  32. Volume XXXII: 1640
  33. Volume XXXIII: 1519-1522
  34. Volume XXXIV: 1519-1522; 1280-1605
  35. Volume XXXV: 1640-1649
  36. Volume XXXVI: 1649-1666
  37. Volume XXXVII: 1669-1676
  38. Volume XXXVIII: 1674-1683
  39. Volume XXXIX: 1683-1690
  40. Volume XL: 1690-1691
  41. Volume XLI: 1691-1700
  42. Volume XLII: 1670-1700
  43. Volume XLIII: 1670-1700
  44. Volume XLIV: 1700-1736
  45. Volume XLV: 1736
  46. Volume XLVI: 1721-1739
  47. Volume XLVII: 1728-1759
  48. Volume XLVIII: 1751-1765
  49. Volume XLIX: 1762-1765
  50. Volume L: 1764-1800
  51. Volume LI: 1801-1840
  52. Volume LII: 1841-1898

(Page last updated: March 2019)