The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 08 of 55 / 1591-1593 / 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 Close of the Nineteenth Century

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Contents of Volume VIII

• [Preface] ... 9
• [Documents of 1591]
  • [The collection of tributes in the Filipinas Islands] (concluded). Domingo de Salazar, and others; Manila, January–March ... 25
  • [Liberty of the Indians in the Philippinas]. Gregory XIV; Rome, April 18 ... 70
  • [Articles of contract for the conquest of Mindanao]. Gomez Perez Dasmariñas and Estevan Rodriguez de Figueroa; Manila, May 12 ... 73
  • [Ordinance forbidding the Indians to wear Chinese stuffs]. G. P. Dasmariñas, and others; Manila, April 9–May 20 ... 78
  • [Account of the encomiendas in the Philipinas Islands]. [G. P. Dasmariñas]; Manila, May 31 ... 96
  • [Letter to Felipe II]. G. P. Dasmariñas; Manila, June 20 ... 142
  • [The fortification of Manila]. G. P. Dasmariñas; Manila, June 20 ... 169
  • [Investigations at Manila concerning trade with Macan]. Melchor de Baeca, and others; Manila, May 23–November 19 ... 174
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  • [Opinions of the religious communities on the war with the Zambales]. Juan de Valderrama, and others; Manila, January 19–20 ... 199
  • [Letter of congratulation to the bishop, clergy, and people of the Philippines]. Clement VIII; Rome, March 25 ... 234
  • [Letter to Felipe II]. G. P. Dasmariñas; Manila, May 31 ... 236
  • [Rules for the Manila hospital]. G. P. Dasmariñas; [Manila, May 31] ... 245
  • [Expedition to Tuy]. [Luis Perez Dasmariñas]; Manila, June 1 ... 250
  • [Two letters to Felipe II]. G. P. Dasmariñas; Manila, June 6, 11 ... 252
  • [An embassy from Japan]. Hideyoshi, and others; 1591–92 ... 260
  • [Three letters to Felipe II]. G. P. Dasmariñas; June 20, July 6 ... 268
  • [Luzón menaced by Japanese]. [G. P. Dasmariñas; Manila, 1592] ... 284
• [Documents of 1592]
  • [Letter to Governor Dasmariñas]. Felipe II; Madrid, January 17 ... 301
  • [Two royal decrees]. Felipe II; Madrid, January 17, and February 11 ... 312
• [Documents of 1593]
• [Bibliographical Data] ... 319

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