The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 02 of 55 / 1521-1569 / Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century

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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803
explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the beginning of the nineteenth century
Edited and annotated by Emma Helen Blair and James Alexander Robertson with historical introduction and additional notes by Edward Gaylord Bourne.
Contents of Volume II
Preface Expedition of García de Loaisa—1525-26
Voyage of Alvaro de Saavedra—1527-28.
Expedition of Ruy Lopez de Villalobos
Expedition of Miguel Lopez de Legazpi—1564-68.
Warrant of the Augustinian authorities in Mexico establishing a branch of their brotherhood in the Philippines—1564
Proclamation ordering the declaration of the gold taken from the burial-places of the Indians. M.L. de Legazpi; Çubu, May 16, 1565
Letters to Felipe II of Spain. M.L. de Legazpi and others; Cubu, May 27 and 29, and June 1, 1565