Escuela Nautica de Manila: Scientific Education in the Spanish Philippines

• Main Authors: Ay-Ad, Philip Vergel, Aguilar, Filomeno V, Jr
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2021
• Subjects: Nautical education; pilotage; seafaring; colonial science; Spanish colonialism; Education; History
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/history-faculty-pubs/58; https://archium.ateneo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1057&context=history-faculty-pubs
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Science education in the nineteenth-century Philippines has been portrayed as highly deficient, yet pockets of respectable scientific education existed. The Escuela Náutica de Manila, which opened in 1820, offered such an education. This article narrates its establishment and discusses its changing...