Found 3 collections related to Philippines -- Description and travel

C. McKim Norton served as a navigator specialist in the U.S. Army Amphibian Engineers in New Guinea, Dutch East Indies, and the Philippines during World War II. He advised the Philippine government on city planning. Collection consists of Norton's letters to Martha [Norton] describing his experiences during World War II in New Guinea, the Dutch East Indies and the Philippines. less

Diary of Clifton Greenwell, Chief carpenter, United States Navy. Diary (Dec. 1911-Jan.1913) records his leaving Key West after being ordered to an Asiatic station; his trip home to Washington, D.C., from there to San Francisco and then to Olongapo, Zambales, P.I., aboard the U.S.S. "Buffalo," via Honolulu, Shanghai, Amoy (Xiamen), and Hong Kong. Reported aboard the U.S.S. "Monadnock," on duty in the Philippines. Gives details of life on a U.S. Naval ship, daily duties, changes in personnel, scenery, and customs in ports visited. Includes photographs of the Philippines and Shanghai, and two printed orders printed on the Asiatic flag ship less

Allen Francis Gardiner (1794-1851) was a British naval officer, explorer and missionary. A narrative of Gardiner's voyages and travels as an officer of H.M.S. Dauntless from England to Ceylon, with excursions to Sumatra, Malaysia, the Philippines and China, January 1820-February 1821. The volume describes the natural landscape, architecture, and social and religious customs of inhabitants at places visited, including Trincomalee, Malacca, Singapore, Manila, Macao, Canton, and Kandy, with several line drawings of town plans, artifacts, etc. The journal concludes with an account of Gardiner's coastal and inland passage to Kandy and back, during the refitting of the Dauntless at Trincomalee. less