In the second chapter of “Viajes por Filipinas: De Manila à Albay,” Guerra arrives in Albay (now Old Albay District in Legazpi City) and describes its jail, church, and population.

On board the ship Sorsogon, Juan Alvarrez Guerra travels to Bicol from Manila. Read the first chapter of this Spaniard’s travel account of his visit to Bicol during the late 19th Century.