Palawan during Spanish Period

After Ferdinand Magellan's demise, remainders of his armada arrived in Palawan where the abundance of the land spared them from starvation. Antonio Pigafetta, Magellan's writer named the "Place that is known for Promise.

The northern Calamianes Islands were the first to go under Spanish expert, and were later announced an area isolate from the Palawan territory. In the mid seventeenth century, Spanish monks conveyed missions in Cuyo, Agutaya, Taytay and Cagayancillo however they met resistance from Moro people group. Before the eighteenth century, Spain started to fabricate temples encased by armies for security against Moro strikes in the town of Cuyo, Taytay, Linapacan and Balabac. In 1749, the Sultanate of Brunei surrendered southern Palawan to Spain.

In 1818, the whole island of Palawan, or Paragua as it was called, was composed as a solitary territory named Calamianes, with its capital in Taytay. By 1858, the area was partitioned into two areas, to be specific, Castilla, covering the northern segment with Taytay as capital and Asturias in the southern terrain with Puerto Princesa as capital. It was later partitioned into three locale, Calamianes, Paragua and Balabac, with Principe Alfonso town as its capital. what's more, During the Spanish colonization of the Philippines, Cuyo turned into the second capital of Palawan from 1873 to 1903.

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Palawan during Spanish Period