Excerpt from A Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of Europeans in the East and West Indies, Vol. 3 of 8C O N T E N T S. Page The Spaniards and Portugueze difpute the pofi'efion of the Philippines, The Spaniards form fettlements at the Philippines. Rea fons that have prevented the fuccefs of them, Prefent (late of the, Philippines, Dangers to which the Philippines are expofed, Advantages that might be made of the Philippines, General idea of Tartary, Contentions of the Ru¿ians and Chinefe in Tartary.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.