The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 03 of 55 / 1569-1576 / 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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Documents of 1574

• [Letter to Felipe II]. Andrés de Mirandaola; January 8
• [3][Las nuevas quescriven de las yslas del Poniente Hernando Riquel y otros]; January 11
• [Decrees regarding Manila and Luzon. Felipe II]; June 21
• [Opinion regarding tribute from the Indians]. Martin de Rada; June 21
• [Reply to Fray Rada's “Opinion.”] Guido de Lavezaris, and others; [June?]
• [Two letters to Felipe II]. Guido de Lavezaris; July 17 and 30
• [Slavery among the natives]. Guido de Lavezaris; [July?]

Sources: The second of these documents is from a MS. in the archives at Simancas; the third, from Doc. inéd. Amér. y Oceanía; the remainder, from the Archivo general de Indias at Sevilla.

Translations: The second document is translated by José M. Asensio; the third, by Frederic W. Morrison; the sixth, by Alfonso de Salvio; the remainder, by Arthur B. Myrick. Page 197