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Map · 1887 · Mindanao

Mapa etnogràfico de Mindanao y Jolo / por los PP. Misioneros de la Compania de Jesus

An old map of Mindanao: Mindanao and Jolo in colour, 50 x 38 cm, marking the Jesuits' residences and the extent of Christianisation (BnF note) along with the ethnic distribution of the island's peoples.
Mindanao and Jolo in colour, 50 x 38 cm, marking the Jesuits' residences and the extent of Christianisation (BnF note) along with the ethnic distribution of the island's peoples.

This 1887 map sorts Mindanao's peoples the way the Jesuit missionaries of the time did. Its names and groupings are theirs, not Scene's, and several are no longer used.

Open a larger copyThe full scan is on its record at the Bibliothèque nationale de France.

Its record

Kind
Map
Made by
Compagnie de Jésus (Jesuit missionaries); printer M. Perez hijo, Manila
Date
1887 · The institution's record
Held by
Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Cartes et plans
Catalogue number
GE D-25963; notice ark:/12148/cb40654361j; Gallica ark:/12148/btv1b530750183
Rights
Public domain
Credit
Compagnie de Jésus (Jesuit missionaries); printer M. Perez hijo, Manila, Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Cartes et plans
Named in it
Mindanao y Jolo
Scene archive number
island-group-mindanao-06
Why Scene may show it
In the public domain by age: made in 1887. Held by Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Cartes et plans.
Source
Its record at the Bibliothèque nationale de France

Its place today, in the Atlas

Mindanao

How many people live there today, its towns, its map and its history.

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Sources

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

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  1. 1.Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Cartes et plans. Public domain. Open the source

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