From Manila to the World | ATIN: Stories from the Collection

Manila had and has an important place in the world given its proximity and position vis-a-vis the Eastern and Western worlds. In 1751, the priest and historian Juan J. Delgado, S.J. dubbed Manila as “Perlas del Mar de Oriente” or the “Pearl of the Orient” for being a hub of maritime trade of Asian goods and riches. As such, objects from Manila—as can be surmised from these short anecdotes from the collection—became some of the world’s most sought after.

ABOUT ATIN: STORIES FROM THE COLLECTION
ATIN is an original production of the Ayala Foundation Arts and Culture Division made up of the Ayala Museum and Filipinas Heritage Library. The series tells the story of the Filipino through images and videos of Ayala Museum's archaeological, ethnographic, fine arts, historical, and numismatic collections and FHL's archival and documentary holdings.

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We're Ayala Museum, an arts, culture, and history museum located in Makati, Philippines. Through this channel, we'll be exploring stories drawn from the Ayala Museum and Filipinas Heritage Library’s art and ethnographic collections, delivered in fascinating bite-sized portions to be enjoyed by anyone, anytime, and anywhere.

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