The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 09 of 55 / 1593-1597 / 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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Documents of 1596

• [Coat-of-arms of the city of Manila]. Felipe II; March 20.
• [Decree regarding the bishopric of Nueva Segovia]. Felipe II; May 15.
• [Instructions for Governor Tello]. Felipe II; May 25.
• [Letter to Felipe II]. L. P. Dasmariñas; June 30.
• [Letter to Felipe II]. Antonio de Morga; July 6.
• [Letter to Felipe II]. Francisco Tello; July 17.

Sources: The two royal decrees are taken from Doc. inéd. Amér. y Oceania, xxxiv, pp. 95—98, 101—103; all the others are obtained from original MSS. in the Archivo general de Indias, Sevilla.

Translations: The first two documents are translated by Frederic W. Morrison, of Harvard University; the third and sixth, by James A. Robertson; the fourth and fifth, by José M. and Clara M. Asensio. Page 199