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The Philippines were discovered by Magellan in 1521 and conquered by Spain in 1565. Following the Spanish-American war, the islands were ceded to the U.S.A. on 10 Dec. 1898, after the Filipinos had tried in vain to establish an independent republic in 1896.
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Steinberg, S.H. (1962). Republic of the Philippines. In: Steinberg, S.H. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230270916_84
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