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  • A 1698 Dutch etching of Mindanao by Caspar Luyken

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    Caspar Luyken’s Grote optocht ter gelegenheid van de aankomst van kapitein Charles Swan op Mindanao (Grand Procession on the Occasion of the Arrival of Captain Charles Swan on Mindanao) is a Dutch etching dated 1698. Made as a book illustration for volume I of William Dampier’s Nieuwe reystogt rondom de werreld, published in The Hague…

  • Rosa Rosal, 97

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    Rosa Rosal, who died today at 97, was a leading actress of the postwar studio era and one of the Philippines’ most prominent humanitarian workers. Born Florence Lansang Danon on October 16, 1928, in Manila, she was discovered by chance after the war and made her screen debut in Fort Santiago (1946) for the Nolasco…