Northwest Pacific typhoons documented by the Philippine Jesuits, 1566–1900 Ricardo García-Herrera Departamento Física de la Tierra II, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid, Spain Pedro Ribera Departamento de Sistemas Físicos, Químicos y Naturales, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Carretera de Utrera, Seville, Spain Emiliano Hernández Departamento Física de la Tierra II, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Fr. Miguel Selga S.J.’
16 Jul
Fr. Miguel Selga S.J. on the burning of Manila Observatory by the Japanese in 1945
In 1942, with the occupation of Manila by the Japanese army, all work in the observatory ceased and the following year the building was used as a military hospital. All American Jesuits were taken to concentration camps, and only Selga who was still the Director, remained free, Spain being a neutral country. In 1945 when [...]
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