What is the meaning of Maniolas?
What is the meaning of Maniolas? Maniolas. According to Fr. Francisco Colin in 1663, a Jesuit cleric and an early historian of the Philippines, Maniolas was the name used by Claudius Ptolemy to refer to the group of islands south of China (i.e. Luzon). Colin quoted Ptolemy’s writings speaking about the Maniolas islands, which is […]