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Carta general del Archipiélago Filipino

An old map of the Philippines: The Philippine archipelago on a Spanish-language map first printed in Manila in 1897, reproduced in 1899 for the U.S. Signal Corps; it shows telegraph lines and district and province boundaries, with an inset of the Batanes and Babuyan Islands.
The Philippine archipelago on a Spanish-language map first printed in Manila in 1897, reproduced in 1899 for the U.S. Signal Corps; it shows telegraph lines and district and province boundaries, with an inset of the Batanes and Babuyan Islands.

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Its record

Kind
Map
Made by
Greely, A. W. (Adolphus Washington), 1844-1935; Chofré and Company; United States. Army. Signal Corps
Date
1899 · The institution's record
Held by
Boston Public Library, Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
Catalogue number
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/jh344100b; call no. G8060 1897 .C37 1899; commonwealth:jh344100b
Rights
No known restrictions
Credit
Greely, A. W. (Adolphus Washington), 1844-1935; Chofré and Company; United States. Army. Signal Corps, Boston Public Library, Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
Named in it
Archipiélago Filipino
Scene archive number
country-philippines-07
The holder's rights statement
No known copyright restrictions. No known restrictions on use.
Source
Its record at the Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center

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Page updated October 9, 2026. Archive catalog release e205c7180a5b.

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