But see VOL. IX, p. 290, where it appears that the early reports of the population of Mindanao were greatly overstated. [↑]
[26] According to the letters from the Jesuit fathers of Filipinas, there are yet similar coasts near Zamboanga, and such as are described by the Chinese author.—B. [↑]
[27] This reminds us of the dangerous and arduous navigation about the eastern and southern coasts of Mindanao, especially near Cape San Agustin.—B. [↑]
DOCUMENTS OF 1565–1576
- [Letter to Felipe II.] Guido de Lavezaris; May 30, 1565.
- [Letter to Felipe II.] Andres de Mirandaola; 1565.
- [Letter to Felipe II.] Guido de Lavezaris; July 25, 1567.
- [Letter to Felipe II from the royal officials.] Guido de Lavezaris, and others; July 26, 1567.
- [Letter to the Marquis de Falces.] Martin de Rada, O.S.A.; July 8, 1569.
- [Letter to Felipe II.] Diego de Herrera, O.S.A.; July 25, 1570.
- [Royal communications to and concerning Legazpi.] Felipe II; August 6, 1569-August 29, 1570.
- [Letter to the viceroy of Nueva España.] Francisco de Ortega, O.S.A.; June 6, 1573.
- [Augustinian memoranda.] [Unsigned and undated, but probably compiled by the Augustinian missionaries, ca. 1573.]
- [Letter to the viceroy of Nueva España, Martin Enriquez.] Martin de Rada; June 30, 1574.
- [Letter to Felipe II, from the royal officials.] Andres Cauchela and Salvador de Aldave; July 17, 1574.
- [Encomiendas assigned by Legazpi.] Hernando Riquel; June 2, 1576.
Sources: These documents are all obtained from MSS. in the Archivo general de Indias, Sevilla, except the last which is translated from Pastells’s edition of Colin’s Labor evangélica, i, pp. 157, 158.
Translations: These are all by James Alexander Robertson except the eighth, which is by Henry B. Lathrop.