"MAX OF TRANSYLVANIA." The second oldest book in the National Library of the Philippines was published in 1524. A rare seco...

"MAX OF TRANSYLVANIA."
The second oldest book in the National Library of the Philippines was published in 1524. A rare second edition of De Molucis Insulis by Maximilianus Transylvanus. This small book I handled once before (sorry I dont have an actual photo at the moment) is the first description of the islands and people that we know today as the Philippines and the Filipinos. Based on interviews with survivors of the Magellan expedition"Max of Transylvania" published a year before Anton...