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El Parián, Manila Marketplace / El Parián, Mercado de Manila
Juan Ravenet
1792, Manila, Philippines
Photo courtesy of the Museo Naval, Madrid
Expedición Malaspina (1789-1794)

Made during the Malaspina y Bustamente expedition to Manila in 1792, this is one of the few extant illustrations of the market in the Barrio Chino (Chinese district) in Manila, demolished by order of the King of Spain shortly after the expedition.