In 1906, the Philippines was in the early years of American colonial administration, following the end of Spanish rule in 1898 and the Philippine-American War. Maps from this period were produced to support the new colonial government's survey, administration, and development of the archipelago.
This 1906 map presents the Philippine islands as charted during the early American period. Maps of this era reflected a renewed effort to document the archipelago's geography, provinces, and infrastructure under the United States colonial regime. They served both administrative and commercial purposes, recording a moment when the territorial and political organization of the Philippines was being redefined.
This print preserves a record of how the Philippines was mapped in the first decade of American colonial rule.
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