The Boxer Codex is a manuscript written c. 1595 which contains illustrations of pre-Filipinos at the time of their initial contact with the Spaniards. Aside from a description of, and historical allusions to the pre-Philippines and various other Far Eastern countries, it also contains seventy-five colored drawings of the inhabitants of these regions and their distinctive costumes. At least fifteen illustrations deal with the natives of the pre-Philippine Archipelago