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Moros of the Bay of Mayo (Mati). http://www.gutenberg.org/files/38081/38081-h/38081-h.htm
The Datto Manib, Principal Bagani of the Bagobos, with some Wives and Followers and two Missionaries. http://www.gutenberg.org/files/38081/38081-h/38081-h.htm
Heathen Guiangas, from the Slopes of the Apo. http://www.gutenberg.org/files/38081/38081-h/38081-h.htm
Atás from the Back Slopes of the Apo. http://www.gutenberg.org/files/38081/38081-h/38081-h.htm
Photo source: Mr. Ernesto I. Corcino Late 19th century photo of a Visayan militia in Mindanao. Such military unit was used by the Spanish colonial government to fight the “Moros” of the South. Photo taken from Frederic H. Sawyer’s book-” Inhabitants of the Philippines”. Notice the discrepancy on the height of this men. While the officer named Lt.Prudencio Garcia is obvious with his size and bulk, one sees the dwarfish figure of the other men. This led Sawyer to comment; “The illustration shows a party of Visayas militia belonging to the town of Baganga, in Caraga, under a native officer of gigantic stature, Lieutenant Don Prudencio Garcia.”
San Pedro Church, ca. 1880’s (note priest in black, presumably one of those early Jesuit missionaries in Mindanao)
an artist’s impression of davao ca. 1848
gov. gen narciso claveria, who drew out the colonization of davao(?) sending uyanguren to our shores, from we got davao’s major thoroughfare.
the old caraga church; Photo source: Mr. Ernesto I. Corcino
Father Gisbert, S.J., Exhorting a Bagobo Datto and his Followers To abandon their Custom of making Human Sacrifices. http://www.gutenberg.org/files/38081/38081-h/38081-h.htm#ch40
another detail of a spanish map on the mindanao.
finding alberique and all other places alongside a river. was it davao river? i always thought of davao river was a river highway to transport goods and produce then. was it the reason why we ended up with bangkerohan? well just a supposition.
not really davao, but just wondering if these tribes had made contact with our lumads from the way past. Plate No. 021c “TONDANO INHABITANTS” Tondano Island in North Sulawesi is a province of Indonesia, and borders the province of Gorontalo. The islands of Sangihe and Talaud form the northern part of the province, which border Davao del Sur in the Philippines. BEWOHNER VON TONDANA Habitans de Tondano
Voyage aux Philippines 1879-1881, V-VIII – Tagabawa, Bagobo & Mt Apo was mentioned. http://ebooks.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=sea%3Bidno%3DseaA16b%3Bview%3Dimage%3Bseq%3D11
Voyage aux Philippines 1879-1881, V-VIII Malipano & Tagacaolo was mentioned. http://ebooks.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=sea%3Bidno%3DseaA16b%3Bview%3Dimage%3Bseq%3D12%3Bcc%3Dsea%3Bpage%3Droot%3Bsize%3D100
Voyage aux Philippines 1879-1881, V-VIII Marriage of Bagobos, Mindanao
detail of an old philippine map. http://bangsamoro.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/old-map.jpg
ebayfind: Admiralty Islands New Guinea Mindanao c.1785 Capt. Carteret antique view map lower right i am suspecting that it is mt apo or pujada bay or sarangani(?). but i maybe wrong. the note is three islands viewed from their anchoring place in the bay, the south end of mindanao. – paul.
ebayfind: Admiralty Islands New Guinea Mindanao c.1785 Capt. Carteret antique view map lower right i am suspecting that it is mt apo or pujada bay or sarangani(?). but i maybe wrong. the note is three islands viewed from their anchoring place in the bay, the south end of mindanao. – paul.
here is a strange find: CHARLES WILLIAM ANDREWS (D.1869) NINE FIGURE STUDIES OF FILIPINOS: (FILIPINAS) MESTIZA; (FILIPINAS) MAMANISAS (DAVAO); (FILIPINAS) (MANOBAS) DAVAO; (FILIPINAS) DATTO UTTO (MINDANAO); (FILIPINAS) MESTIZOSDE MONTÉS (DAVAO); (FILIPINAS) MONTESAS (GAGAYAN); AND (FILIPINAS) TIRURAYES (TAMONTACA) http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/drawings-watercolors/charles-william-andrews-nine-figure-studies-of-5421549-details.aspx
ebayfind: MINDANAO SULAWESI 1839 DUMONT D’URVILLE WALL ANTIQUE COPPER ENGRAVED MAP ANTIQUE COPPER ENGRAVED WALL MAP OF MINDANAO SULAWESI part of davao occidental shown. – paul.
ebayfind: MINDANAO SULAWESI 1839 DUMONT D’URVILLE WALL ANTIQUE COPPER ENGRAVED MAP ANTIQUE COPPER ENGRAVED WALL MAP OF MINDANAO SULAWESI part of davao occidental shown. – paul.
this is a better version than that of corcino’s. Lieut. P. Garcia and Local Militia of Baganga, Caraga (East Coast). http://www.gutenberg.org/files/38081/38081-h/38081-h.htm#ch40 please note, to those wanting to pick up and share whatever that is in this page, don’t forget to credit the owners of the photos or images. i have seen a lot of photos ending up in some page watermarked with their own logos as if claiming that it is theirs. there are a lot of people who take efforts to share whatever we can have of old davao despite privacy concerns. we the admins take effort scouring the net for anything old davao. and we would appreciate it that you who share it give credit where due.
davao in the eye of europeans, ebayfind: Bellin 1752 PHILIPPINES Pilipinas Mindanao Davao. on the right is the fabled st john island.
ebayfind: PHILIPPINES-WALK-on-the-EASTERN-COAST-MINDANAO-Engraving-19th century i am assuming it is somewhere davao oriental towards caraga.
ebayfind: RARE: PHILIPPINES – ARROYO, on the eastern coast of MINDANAO – Engraving 19th i’m guessing somewhere in davao oriental towards caraga?
ebayfind: PHILIPPINES- MINDANAO: BAMBOO BRIDGE over the RIO TAGULA (DAVAO)- Engraving 19th does anybody where rio tagula is?
Davao as seen in a 1700s map. http://www.wdl.org/en/item/10089/view/1/1/
Thanks to Paulito Ferriols Abude. Just want to share my Lolo vintage image if possible. He is Francisco “Paco” Garcia Ferriols (1886~1982) married to Gloria Monteverde a dabawenya-bagoba resides in Toril. Pixture taken between 1920~1930’s.
Malipano dugout coffins, circa 1850, Retrato.com.ph, Spanish Embassy Manila collection
Shown is the church under construction in 1895. Mati, located at the head of Pujada Bay, is the capital of Davao Oriental. retrato.com.ph admin note: we have another photo of the same in the album, not sure if they are one and the same. -Paul.
Lithograph of Mindanao volcano (Mt. Apo) after an eruption, c. 1886
Mandaya mother and daughter, 19th Century. retrato.com.ph
Plano Del rio de Davao, 1879. http://bdh-rd.bne.es/viewer.vm?id=0000062123
Ebayfind: Bulletin Société Géographie Juin 1881, golfe de Davao et l’ascension volcan Apo Ebayfind: Bulletin Society Geography June 1881, golfe gulf and ascension volcano
Die Bevölkerung Der Erde: Jährliche Übersicht Über Neue Arealberechnungen, Gebietsveränderungen, Zählungen und Schätzungen Der Bevölkerung Auf Der Gesammten Erdoberfläche, Issues 66-70 https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=01FNAQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.RA2-PA28 The population of the earth: Annual Survey of new area calculations, area of sveränderungen, censuses and estimates of the population on the earth’s surface, issues 66-70 https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=01FNAQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.RA2-PA28
Davao of the Past 
