[Map and profile of Mount Apo on Mindanao Island, Philippines]. [between 1881 and 1890]

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[Map and profile of Mount Apo on Mindanao Island, Philippines]. [between 1881 and 1890]

Made probably between 1881 and 1890 by Joaquín Rajal y Larré, governor of the provinces of Nueva Écija on Luzon and Davao on Mindanao. Mount Apo is an active volcano and the highest mountain in the Philippines; Rajal and his party were the first Europeans to reach its peak (October 1880).

1 ms. map : hand col. ; 151 x 132 mm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7324361

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