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SERRANO, Andrés (1655-1711). Breve noticia del Nuevo descubrimiento de las isles, pais, o palaos, entre las Philipinas, y Marianas.... [Madrid?, ca 1705].
4o (193 x 140 mm). 76 pages. Modern blue morocco.
FIRST EDITION OF THIS SCARCE EARLY WORK ON THE PHILIPPINES. Serrano was the Jesuit Procurator in the Philippines and used his Breve noticia to promote the newly discovered Palaos islands in the hope of winning the support of Pope Clement XI. He hoped his book would encourage the Pope to promote a missionary expedition to go to the area (a ship that had been outfitted and dispatched by the Jesuits in 1697 had been wrecked off the coast of Samar, and the Jesuits did not have the resources to make another attempt at their own expense). Serrano was following on the work of Fr. Paul Klein who had promoted the area for missionary activity after he met 30 Carolinians who had been blown off course as they were returning from Lamotrek to Fais and drifted into the town of Guiguan. Serrano embellished Klein's account in order to hasten interest in the mission. Palau 310258.
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FIRST EDITION OF THIS SCARCE EARLY WORK ON THE PHILIPPINES. Serrano was the Jesuit Procurator in the Philippines and used his Breve noticia to promote the newly discovered Palaos islands in the hope of winning the support of Pope Clement XI. He hoped his book would encourage the Pope to promote a missionary expedition to go to the area (a ship that had been outfitted and dispatched by the Jesuits in 1697 had been wrecked off the coast of Samar, and the Jesuits did not have the resources to make another attempt at their own expense). Serrano was following on the work of Fr. Paul Klein who had promoted the area for missionary activity after he met 30 Carolinians who had been blown off course as they were returning from Lamotrek to Fais and drifted into the town of Guiguan. Serrano embellished Klein's account in order to hasten interest in the mission. Palau 310258.