Philippine-Dutch social relations, 1600-2000

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O. van den Muijzenberg Philippine-Dutch social relations, 1600-2000 In: Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, The PhilippinesHistorical and social studies 157 (2001), no: 3, Leiden, 471-509 This PDF-file was downloaded from http://www.kitlv-journals.nl OTTO VAN DEN MUIJZENBERG Few historians have focused their research on Dutch-Philippine, relations, and the few important exceptions - like N.A. Bootsma, Ruurdje Laarhoven, M.P.H. Roessingh and Fr. A period of contest between Dutch East India Company (VOC) and Spanish fleets in Philippine waters, 1600-1648 King Philip II of Spain unwittingly created the first direct Dutch-Philippine connections. [...]landing at Capul Island, the Dutch found empty villages: the population had fled to the interior. [...]arriving at the entrance to Manila Bay, Van Noort and his officers decided to stay and cruise along the coast until February 1601.