The Magellan Expedition and Elcano’s Circumnavigation: 500 Years
March 5, 2021
Antonio Pigafetta, a Florentine navigator who went with Magellan on the first voyage around the world, wrote, upon his passage through our southern lands of
Endgame for Japan: From the Potsdam Declaration, the Atomic Bombs, and Surrender, the Defeat of Japan in Diaries from 75 Years Ago
July 27, 2020
(Above: February 27, 1945: Douglas MacArhur and Sergio Osmeña at the ceremony in Malacañan Palace in which the civilian authority of Commonwealth was restored in
Mentions of the Philippine Diary Project
October 26, 2019
Over time, we’ve been gratified to notice that people are starting to refer to the Philippine Diary Project, in blog posts, columns, and even in
120 years ago: Diaries describe the start of the Filipino-American War, February 4, 1899
February 3, 2019
February 4 marks the 120th anniversary of the outbreak of the Filipino-American War. The Philippine Diary Project features several diaries not only covering the outbreak
The cavalry and their last charge, December 1941-January 1942
December 30, 2016
One of the great romantic stories of World War II, is of Polish lancers bravely –and desperately– charging German tanks in the opening days of
Railways in Mindanao: Then and Now
May 6, 2015
News is that the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) has approved a Feasibility Study to proceed for the proposed Mindanao Railway Project. The map
Philippine wartime views on the future of Indonesia, China and Japan
April 27, 2015
This 1942 New World Order map attributed to Maurice Gomberg is interesting in that it gives a snapshot of emerging thought about the United
The sinking of the S.S. Corregidor, December 16-17, 1941
December 17, 2014
On December 16-17, 1941 (around midnight, hence the event straddling two dates), the S.S. Corregidor, an inter-island steamship of the Compañia Maritima, hit a mine
Hugh Gibson’s Food Mission Diary: Herbert Hoover in Manila, 1946
April 25, 2014
(above) British Pathé newsreel of a portion of former President Herbert Hoover’s mission to assess food requirements for devastated parts of the world, 1946. While
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