Season 5 · Episode 13
S5E7: Climbing Banahaw in the Name of Science
The Colonial Department · The Colonial Department
January 12, 202415m 59s
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<html><p>The “scientifics” of the so-called Ex Ex summit Mt. Banahaw in 1842, as part of their quest to survey the Philippine archipelago! What does this American scientific expedition find in our islands?</p><p>Follow us on IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thecolonialdept/" target="_blank">@thecolonialdept</a><br/>Follow us on TikTok: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@thecolonialdept" target="_blank">@thecolonialdept</a><br/>Email us: <a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected]</a></p><p><br/>The book version of this podcast is called <em>Silk, Silver, Spices, Slaves: Lost Tales from the Philippine Colonial Period, 1565-1946</em>. <a href="https://www.faction.press/product-page/silk-silver-spices-slaves-philippines-history" target="_blank">Purchase here</a>. (An ebook version is <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Silk-Silver-Spices-Slaves-Philippine-ebook/dp/B0D5JSXC5M" target="_blank">also available in Amazon</a>.) <br/><br/>References</p><p>Wilkes, Charles (1845).<em> Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. </em>Lea and Blanchard.</p><p>Walsh, Jane (March 2004). “From the Ends of the Earth: The United States Exploring Expedition Collections.” <em>Smithsonian Libraries. </em><a href="https://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollections/usexex/learn/Walsh-01.htm" target="_blank">https://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollections/usexex/learn/Walsh-01.htm</a></p><p>Philbrick, Nathaniel (January 2004). “The Scientific Legacy of the U.S. Exploring Expedition.” <em>Smithsonian Libraries. </em><a href="https://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollections/usexex/learn/Philbrick.htm" target="_blank">https://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollections/usexex/learn/Philbrick.htm</a></p><p>Gorospe, Vitaliano R. (1992). “Mount Banahaw: The Power Mountain From Ritualism to Spirituality.” <em>Philippine Studies, 40</em>(2), 204-218. </p><p>Somera, Rene D. (1986). “Pamumuwesto of Mount Banahaw.” <em>Philippine Studies</em>, <em>34</em>(4), 436-451. </p><p>Grunes, Marissa (2021). “Ahab and Ishmael in Antarctica: How Charles Wilkes's White Continent Gave Rise to the White Whale.” <em>Leviathan,</em> <em>23</em>(2), 3-33. </p><p>Frankopan, Peter (2023). <em>The Earth Transformed: An Untold History of the World. </em>Knopf.</p><p><br/></p></html>