The Philippine Islands is a monumental 55-volume book by Emma Blair and James Alexander Robertson. It consists of primary source documents for Philippine history translated into English.

Electronic copies of the book in text format from Vol. I to Vol. 25 are available from Project Gutenberg, while scanned copies of the pages for the whole set are available from the University of Michigan Digital Library. (The UMDL service also allows you to extract the text.)

Since the UMDL does not have a general table of contents to all Blair and Robertson volumes, we provide them below.

Click on the particular volume to open the table of contents for that volume. The table of contents for each volume is linked to the correct pages on the UMDL website.

Please take note that we are not hosting the actual BR text itself. We would like to thank the University of Michigan for that.

Volume X: 1597-1599

• Preface
• Documents of 1597
  • Letter to Felipe II by Antonio Morga
  • Administration of the hospital at Manila
  • Letters to Felipe II
• Documents of 1598
  • Letter to Antonio Morga
  • Report of conditions in the Philippines
  • Recommendations as to reforms needed in the islands
  • Reception of the royal seal at Manila
  • Letters from the archbishop of Manila to Felipe II
  • Letters from the archbishop of Nueva Segovia to Felipe II
  • Letters to Felipe II
  • Report to the Audencia on the conduct of Tello
• Documents of 1599
  • Letter to the archbishop of Manila from Felipe III
  • Letter from the bishop of Nueva Segovia to the King
  • Letter to Joan de Ibarra
  • Missions of the religious orders
  • Military affairs in the islands
  • Letter to the king from Tello
  • Ordinances enacted by the Audencia of Manila (first part)
• Bibliographic Data

Volume XI: 1599-1602

• Preface
• Documents of 1599
  • Ordinances enacted by the Audencia of Manila (concluded)
  • The hospital for Indians at Manila
  • Letters from the royal fiscal to the king
  • Letter from the King of Borneo to Governor Tello
  • Letters to the king from Gov. Tello
  • Letters to Tello from Felipe III
• Documents of 1600
  • The Pacification of Mindanao
  • Oliver van Noordt's attack on Luzon
• Documents of 1601
  • Report to the governor, on the battle with the Dutch by Antonio Morga
  • Annual letters from the Philippine Islands
  • Letter to Felipe III by Diego Garcia, S.J.
  • Letter from the fiscal to Felipe III
  • Complaint of the cabildo of Manila against Morga
  • Letter to Felipe III by Morga
  • Grant to Jesuit School of Cebu

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• Documents of 1602
  • Instructions to Pedro de Acuña
  • Two royal decrees by Felipe III
  • Pintados menaced by Mindanao pirates
  • Letters to Felipe III by Dasmariñas, et. al.
• Bibliographical Data

Volume XII: 1601-1604

• Preface
• Documents of 1601-1602
  • Expedition to the Malucas Islands 29
  • Principal points in regard to the trade of the Filipinas 46
  • Various documents relating to commerce 57
  • Letter to Felipe III by Morga 76
• Documents of 1603
  • Three Chinese Mandarins at Manila 83
  • Resignation of his office by the bishop of Nueva Segovia 98
  • Letters to Felipe III by Benavides 127
  • The Sangley insurrection 142
• Relacion de las Islas Filipinas (to be concluded) 169
• Bibliographical Data 323

Volume XIII: 1604-1605

• Preface 9
• Relacion de las Islas Felipinas (concluded) 27
• Documents of 1604
  • Letters to Felipe III by Acuña 221
  • Decrees regarding religious orders 246
  • Grant to the Jesuit seminary in Cebu 251
  • Decree regulating commerce with Nueva España 256
• Documents of 1605
  • Complaints against the Chinese 271
  • Letter from a Chinese official to Acuña 287
  • Letters from Augustinian friars to Felipe III 292
  • Letter to Felipe III by Antonio de Ribera 307
• Bibliographical Data 317

Volume XIV: 1605-1609

• Preface 9
• Documents of 1605
  • Complaints against the archbishop 29
  • Relations with the Chinese 38
  • Letters to Felipe III by Pedro Acuña 53
• Documents of 1606
  • The Dominican mission of 1606 81
  • The Dutch factory at Tidore 112
  • The Sangley insurrection of 1603 119
  • Letter from the Audiencia to Felipe III 140
  • Letter from the fiscal to Felipe III 149
  • The Terrenate expedition 173
  • Decree establishing a way-station for Philippine vessels on the California coast 182
  • Chinese immigration in the Philippines 189
  • Letter to Acuña by Felipe III 193
• Documents of 1607
  • Petition for a grant to the Jesuit seminary in Leyte 199
  • Artillery at Manila in 1607 201
  • Letter from Audencia to Felipe III, on the Confraternity of La Misericordia 208
  • Trade of the Philippines with Mexico 214
  • Passage of missionaries via the Philippines to Japan 218

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• Documents of 1608-1609
  • Annual receipts and expenditures of the Philippine government 243
  • Decrees regarding the way-station for Philippine vessels 270
  • Letters to Juan de Silva by Felipe III 278
  • Expeditions to the province of Tuy 281
  • Petition of a Filipino chief for redress 327
  • Despatch of missionaries to the Philippines 330
• Bibliographical Data 339

Volume XV: 1609

• Preface 9
• Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas (to be concluded) 25
• Bibliographical Data
• Appendix A: Expedition of Thomas Candish 291
• Appendix B: Early years of the Dutch in the East Indies 300

Volume XVI: 1609

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• Preface 11
• Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas (concluded) 25
• Conqvista de las Islas Malvcas 211
• Bibliographical Data 319
• Appendix: Customs of the Pampangas in their lawsuits 321

Volume XVII: 1609-1616

• Preface 9
• Documents of 1609
  • Laws regarding navigation and commerce 27
  • Jesuit missions, 1608-1609 53
  • Decree regulating services of Filipinos 79
• Documents of 1610
  • Petition of the Recollects 85
  • Dominicans request suppression of the Audiencia 89
  • Relation of 1609-1610 100
  • Letter to Felipe III from Juan de Silva 144
  • Letter to Silva from Felipe III 151
• Documents of 1611
  • Foundation of the college of Sto. Tomas of Manila 155
  • Hospital at Nueva Caceres 172
  • Letters to Juan de Silva from Felipe III 174
  • Letters to the Dominican provincial by Felipe III 183
• Documents of 1612-1613
  • Status of missions in the Philippines 189
  • Trade of the Philippines 213
  • Letter from the bishop of Nueva Segovia 233
  • Letter to Silva by Felipe III 237
• Documents of 1616
  • Recommendations regarding the archbishopric of Manila 245
  • Letter to Felipe III from Ledesma 249
  • Portuguese and Spanish expedition against the Dutch 251
• Bibliographical Data
• Appendix: Chronological list of governors of the Philippines, 1565-1899, and the administration of the islands at different periods

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