Originally Posted by Bookworm_Girl

I understand how you feel. This website had some fantastic photos that helped me visualize the time period. "30 vintage pictures of people and places in and around Manila, Philippines from the late 1800s to early 1900s."
http://www.philippine-history.org/pi...old-manila.htm

Here are some old maps of Manila and its suburbs.
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/histo...burbs_1898.jpg
http://www.greatwhitefleet.info/A%20...old-Manila.jpg