eLibrary: Pandanan Shipwreck
Found off Palawan, the Pandanan wreck offers a rare glimpse into 15th-century maritime commerce. Carrying mostly Cham (Vietnamese) ceramics, Chinese porcelain, and glass beads, it reveals the vibrant regional trade networks that once connected Vietnam, the Philippines, and beyond—through fragile cargo that survived even when the ship itself did not.
This is the latest version of an electronic library of resources supporting the exhibition. It offers free and immediate access to online resources for anyone wanting to explore further the context of the museum’s artifacts. As the museum develops, more resources, in more languages, will be added.
NOTE: Some of these links come from Academia.edu and Researchgate.net. These require a free one-time registration. To research further yourselves, you may consider registering with Jstore.org which gives limited but free monthly access to its collections
Articles
Clark, J. 2021. Pre-Colonial Religion, Culture & Society of the Tagalogs | Philippines, The Aswan Project MORE: https://www.aswangproject.com/precolonial-philippines/
No author, 2021. Pandanan Shipwreck – Amazing Archeological Finds (Yodisphere Blog)
Craig, J.L., 2021. Shipwrecks & Glass Beads: Indian Ocean World connectivity across the historic maritime cultural landscape. McGill University (Canada).
Kintanar, A.N.E., Identifying ‘Islamic Motif’ on Chinese blue and white Porcelain recovered from the 15th century shipwrecks in the Philippines.
Orillaneda, B. 2000. The San Diego and Pandanan Wrecks: Two Underwater Archaeological Sites. Hukay 2 (2):37-45.
Orillaneda, B. 2016. Maritime Trade in the Philippines during the 15 th Century CE. Moussons, 27, 1, 83-100
Orillaneda, B. 2016 Of Ships and Shipping: The Maritime Archaeology of Fifteenth Century CE Southeast Asia, Early Navigation in the Asia-Pacific Region (pp.29-57)
Orillaneda, B. 2021 Pandanan Shipwreck – Amazing Archeological Finds, Yodisphere, Blogpost..
Tanaka, K. And Dizon, E.Z. 2011 Shipwreck Site and Earthenware Vessels in the Philippines: Earthenware vessels of the Pandanan Shipwreck Site In Proceedings of the Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Underwater Archaeological Heritage.
Videos
Economic System in the Philippines (Pre-Colonial or Pre-Spanish Period) (Venice Anne) 7.17mins
300 Years of Maritime Trade in the Philippines Exhibition Virtual Tour (National Museum of the Philippines) 11.04mins