| Item Call Number |
GE00841 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
GE00841 |
| Local Free-text Call Number (oclc) |
- Classification number - GE00841
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| Main Entry |
- Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element - Ayala Museum Research Team
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Capul coastline
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - Ayala Museum Research Team
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| General Note |
- General note - A largely mountainous islet, surrounded by the island of Samar at the east, Dalupiri Island at the southeast, the islet of Los Naranjos at the southwest and Luzon at the northwest is Capul. Originally known as Abak, a name that honors a king of Balabac who fled from his kingdom in the 13th century and settled in this island to elude Muslim subjugation, it has within its jurisdiction a town of the same name. Capul town lies at 12° 24'' 38" latitude on the eastern coast of the island. The residents speak Abaknon, a dialect which is 70% Samal (dialect of the Samals of Sulu). In 1591, Capul was an encomienda of conquistador Hernando Muñoz. The Jesuits administered the island as a part of the religious residence in Catbalogan and was held until 1768. When it was turned over to the Franciscan order, Fray Joaquin Martinez served as its first parish priest. Muslim sea pirates often preyed upon the island during the height of incursions in the mid-18th century. Its strategic location earned for it the reputation of a good harbor for voyage-weary or wrecked ships passing the San Bernardino Strait. The mountains of the island yield excellent timbers like "alintao" and ipil, a wide variety of rattan and palm and wildlife. Rice, corn and tobacco are grown in naturally irrigated fields and shells are abundant along the coast. Fishes and other aquatic aliments are scarce because the strong currents of San Bernardino Strait drive them off into the open seas. The surplus products of the island are exported to Albay. The present church is the third that was constructed by the religious orders assigned in the island. The first was erected in 1596 and was destroyed by Muslim invaders. In 1686, the Jesuits built the second one which the Franciscans enlarged in 1781. Fray Mariano Valero supervised the construction of a concrete "casa tribunal" and a "cartilia" school in the same year.
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| Additional Physical Form Available Note |
- Additional physical form available note - With prints
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| Immediate Source Of Acquisition Note |
- Source of acquisition - Filipinas Heritage Library
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| Ownership And Custodial History |
- History - Filipinas Heritage Library
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| Subject Chronological Term |
- Chronological term - 1972
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Provinces and cities
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| Subject Geographic Name |
- Geographic name - Capul, Northern Samar
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| Subject Faceted Topical Term |
- Focus term - 1972
- Focus term - abak
- Focus term - amrt
- Focus term - beach shore
- Focus term - capul
- Focus term - samar
- Focus term - San Bernardino Strait
- Focus term - visayas
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