On 26 February 1537, Andres de Urdaneta presents to His Majesty, Charles I, an excerpt from the chronicle of his 1525 voyage to the Spice Islands under Commander Garcia de Loaysa. Urdaneta discusses the...
The following artifact is a collection of synopses of memoranda, edicts, letters and logs regarding the expedition of Garcia Jofre de Loaisa and his fleet. It contains descriptions of all the islands they...
La historia de Mindanao está dominada por el árabe, cuya autoridad religiosa y de costumbre ha sido aceptada por todos. Durante los años después de la llegada de Magallanes a Limasawa en 1521, se hicieron...
Various letters addressed to Philip III of Spain reports the general affairs of the government in the Philippines. Luis Perez Dasmariñas suggests that Spain conquer Maluco to protect the Philippine colony...
Fray Miguel de Benavides, archbishop of Manila, discusses at length the complaints against the Chinese, whom he accuses of influencing the natives to adopt their evil ways, thereby committing sin and reneging...
Reviewed by James Alexander Robertson. In James Robertson's Bibliography of the Philippine Islands
This MS. consists of a statement by Benavides, dated February 3; two depositions, dated the fifth and the ninth, respectively (the second published in synopsis and extract); and the attestation of the accuracy of the copy, dated July 7.
Diego Garcia, of the Society of Jesus, recommends to Felipe III sending more workers to convert more people. He urges religious orders not to hesitate spending money for the spiritual good of the Indians....
Reviewed by James Alexander Robertson. In James Robertson's Bibliography of the Philippine Islands, Entry #881
I. [Statement by Chirino.] Begins "Señor Pedro chirino de la Coma...." Ends "muy gran m&rtilde;d de V. magd." This petition was granted May 26, 1607, as appears in a note by Licentiate Alonso Fernandez de Castro. VOL. XIII, pp. 252255. II. [Statement by Chirino.] Begins "Señor= Pedro chirino ..." Ends "en la caxa de quartos." A note signed by Alonso Fernandez de Castro, is dated January 14, 1605. Ut supra, pp. 251, 252. The two parts are arranged in the above volume in what seems the true chronological order.
Rodrigo Diaz Guiral, fiscal in the Philippines, reports through this letter to King Felipe III the current situation in the colony in the early part of 17th century. He discloses the rapid increase of...
The Junta of Badajoz convened on 11 April to 31 May 1524 to settle the issues of : 1) the location of the demarcation line and 2) which country does the Moluccas Islands or Spice Islands belong to -...
