History of the Bisayan People in the Philippine Islands Vol. 1 (PRE-ORDER)

SYNOPSIS:

In his Preface, Alcina writes: “…I began putting down on paper—for a span of more than thirty-four years during which I have dealt with, lived in and visited the greater part of the Bisayan Islands—communicating a great deal with the natives and inhabitants, about whom I am writing here and from whom I have received not a little of this information. In order to aid my memory, I kept jotting down and retaining all this with the aid of a more than an average knowledge of their language (which is the key that best opens all secrets) … taking advantage of some spare time and motivated by the opportunity of being away for some time from the ministerial tasks, I began to rewrite in an orderly manner what I had a rough draft. Therefore, from the labyrinth of loose and disorderly papers, which were like a ball of yarn, I began unraveling the threads. I succeeded (like the Deadfalls) in pulling apart and untangling that ball and thereby preparing a neat copy within a space of some nine or ten months. For so many years, I had all that in heap or a rough draft.”

❗️NOTE❗️:

THIS IS A ❗️PRE-ORDER ITEM❗️PRODUCT WILL BE SHIPPED IN THE END OF AUGUST-SEPTEMBER.

 If you are ordering an item that is currently in stock in the same order, the order will be held until the pre-ordered book or item arrives from the Philippines. Shipping of pre-ordered items from our partners in the Philippines to New York are scheduled to take place in May, August and November 2026 ONLY.

Once pre-ordered items ship and arrive from the Philippines to New York, items will be dispatched from New York to their final destination.

Due to the gas situation worldwide and especially in the Philippines, shipping of pre-ordered items are delayed and shipping from the Philippines has been set to ease our partner's in the Philippines.

Shipping during these 3 months for 2026 also allow our partnered local artisans from the Philippines such as our weavers, anitu sculptors, and brass pre-colonial gold replica jewelry pieces, the time needed they need to work on your one of a kind, handmade pieces. 

These pieces are all handmade by our local partners and traditional artisans, not mass produced. If you want a ready made and in stock clothing piece, figure, ceramic, or jewelry piece, if we have any available in stock and on hand, you purchase those. Every shipment from the Philippines we do order extra's to put up on the shop for those who want to keep an eye out for in stock items. 

❗️CURRENT SHIPPING❗️

If you are going to be pre-ordering an item and ordering an in stock item, two separate orders must be placed to guarantee arrival of in stock products within 2-3 weeks.

Our shipping days for in-stock items from New York are currently only being shipped at the beginning and end of each month. This allows time for packing and shipping items. Also due to the rising gas prices, we have decided to cut back on shipping days to make it easier on ourselves (two person team) to pack and deliver items to the Post Office 2x a month.