Provided here, for readers of the Kindle edition, are the two maps and the poem from the back of the paperback edition of To the End of World. The maps do not appear in the e-book. The maps are larger here than in the paperback, so readers of the physical book may benefit from them as well.
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All images and text copyrighted property of Robert F. Jackson
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The track of the Marina di Napoli that brought our adventurers to the islands and of the Pearl of the Orient which took those home who were going is clearly marked north of Luzon and up and down the big island’s west coast to Manila.
The other tracks through the islands reveal the trips south and back to Manila, enlarged on the Western Visayas map. 1 ………. Capital city of Manila 2 ………. Capital of Iloilo Province, Iloilo City 3 ………. Capital of Cebu Province, Cebu City X .......... fight with the Moros |
Map of the Philippine Islands
Across the Pacific Ocean from the United States and across the International Date Line from her as well, the Filipinos are a day ahead of Americans. The archipelago sits to the east just across the South China Sea from Vietnam and its Southeast Asian neighbors that occupy the wide peninsula called Indochina during the time of this story. It is west of the Mariana Islands that are visited by the Rose O’ Sharon and her crew. |
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Map of the Western Visayas
The 'quiet' part of the Philippines removed somewhat from both communist and Muslim rebellions, the peaceful and picturesque Visayan Islands only flared in war against the Americans and together with them against the Japanese. The land of beautiful women, these central islands drew men from the big island of Luzon in the north through the centuries. Although one must say: beauty is found throughout the Pearl of the Orient Seas from the high northern mountains of Luzon to the Moro lands of the other big island of Mindanao in the south. |
A ……… Cebu City B ……… town of Badian C ……… site of the encounter with the Moros D ……… site of landing on Panay near Hamtic E ……… San Jose de Buenavista F ………. Aaron, Jr. & Pilar’s hideaway G …….... Iloilo City 1 ………. voyage in small steam launch to Cebu 2 ………. voyage in steam launch toward Iloilo 3 ………. voyage in Moro vinta to town of Asia 4 ………. voyage in vinta and fishing bancas to Panay 5 ………. trip across the mountains from Antique Province to Iloilo Province 6 ………. trip to Perez hacienda and Iloilo City 7 ………. voyage from Iloilo City back to Manila |
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