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Tomando como base las crónicas que fueron redactadas por dominicos, franciscanos y agustinos, unido a sus amplios conocimientos sobre el archipiélago, el agustino recoleto fray Juan de la Concepción (1724-1786), elaboró una costosa empresa que destacó por su amplitud de contenidos y sistematización. La Historia General de Philipinas se publicó de forma asombrosa a partir 1788 a pesar del fallecimiento de su autor, alcanzando un total de catorce volúmenes repletos de noticias de variado signo. Esta investigación pretende dar a conocer al autor de tan extraordinaria historia editorial. Taking as a base the chronicles that were written by Dominicans, Franciscans and Agustinos, joined his wide knowledge on the archipelago, the agustino recoleto fray Juan de la Concepción (1724-1786), elaborated a costly company that stood out for his extent of contents and systematizing. Philipinas's General History was published of amazing form to dividing 1788 in spite of the death of his author, reaching a total of fourteen volumes replete with news of varied sign. This investigation tries to announce the author of so extraordinary publishing history. Taking as a base the chronicles that were written by Dominicans, Franciscans and Agustinos, joined his wide knowledge on the archipelago, the agustino recoleto fray Juan de la Concepción (1724-1786), elaborated a costly company that stood out for his extent of contents and systematizing. Philipinas's General History was published of amazing form to dividing 1788 in spite of the death of his author, reaching a total of fourteen volumes replete with news of varied sign. This investigation tries to announce the author of so extraordinary publishing history.