I wrote two years ago (here) that I suspected that the French Geographer of Mindanao who included 'Lac de Sampongan' in his 1752 map must be referring to the Lake of Habongan or the present-day Lake Mainit where Jabonga shares part of the lake.
Thanks to Project Gutenberg Philippines, I was able to read relevant historical data, and got the following from the digitized version of the History and Geography of Mindanao published in 1894 under the section Lagunas (Lakes).
Sapongan, en el extremo NE. de la isla, provincia de Surigao, está á bastante altura sobre el nivel del mar, profunda y abundante en pesca, desemboca por el río Tubay al E. de la ensenada de Butuan, tiene 8 millas de N. á S. y 4 de E. á O.Roughly, it says, Sapongan is in the northeast of Mindanao, in the province of Surigao, abundant with fish, and flows into the Tubay River through the inlet of Butuan.
This reminds me two important tasks for myself, and a call to you, readers, to help...
1. Continue research on the history of Mainit (I have started the timeline and some related posts) through available online resources such as the Project Gutenberg, Filipiniana.net, and UMich Filipiniana ; and
2. Continue project on digitizing archives in Mainit (e.g. Parish Baptismal and Marriage records). I've researched on available service providers and equipments on digitization, and I 've found interesting ones (here and here). My office and some friends have also the same needs (to free their steel cabinets from their old files), so I am contemplating of partnering with existing service providers or opening a business on this e.g. Pidjanga E-booking, Inc (hehehe).
What do you think?
Zimm/Peter
Post: Zimmbodilion (www.pidjanga.blogspot.com)
Jan 11, 2008
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