This well-renowned historian paved a way for thIS LOST FRAGMENT OF HISTORY to be accessible to other researchers for study. Hence, it became known as the "Boxer Codex" in recognition of HIS EFFORTS.
Detail of a painting of THE ManilaBound Galleon Docking in the Mariana Islands in 1590. the PhilippinE Governor-General Gomez Dasmariñas, is shown here with his son Luis Dasmariñas.
ILLUSTRATED
16th Century Exploration Accounts of the East and Southeast Asia Pacific.
Charles Ralph Boxer
OUR ANCESTORS:
The Boxer Codex is a manuscript that contains detailed narratives and illustrations of some east and southeast Asian nations, predominantly, the Philippines, in the 16th century.
Discover the Philippine Pre-colonial History within the pages of
BOXER CODEX
circa 1590
Illustrated by:
1CLM - Group 2
Readings in Philippine History
HISTORICAL TIMELINE
2016 Isaac Donoso published the first complete and modern transcription of the Boxer Codex, now studied by numerous scholars.
1947
BRASS RODS PURONES (PURONG)
1965 Charles Ralph Boxer agrees to share his discovery
to the Lily Library at Indiana
University, signifying the
official reclamation of the
Boxer Codex in history.
PENIS RING
IRON
Charles Ralph Boxer acquired the said document in
Lord Ilchester's auction, naming
it the "Manila Manuscript".
1609 Antonio de Morga pens Sucesos de las Islas
Filipinas.
1590 Gomez Perez Dasmarinas
with his son, Luis Perez
Dasmarinas, sailed in a Manila-bound Galleon
aiming to develop trade and
evangelization.
1582 Miguel Loarca pens one of the first
secular accounts of the
Philippines
1940 WW2 Aftermath A significantly illuminated
document survived the German
Bombardment in London
ARTIFACTS
1604 Fr. Pedro Chirino writes in contribution to Relacion de las Islas Filipinas.