The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 01 of 55 / 1493-1529 / 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, 1493-1898

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

Volume I, 1493-1529

Edited and annotated by Emma Helen Blair and James Alexander Robertson with historical introduction and additional notes by Edward Gaylord Bourne.

Contents of Volume I

General Preface. The Editors. … 13
Historical Introduction. Edward Gaylord Bourne. … 19
Preface to Volume I … 89
Documents regarding the Line of Demarcation:

Papal Bulls of 1493: Inter cætera (May 3), Eximiæ (May
3), Inter cætera (May 4), Extension de la concesion
(September 25). Alexander VI; Rome, 1493. … 97
Treaty of Tordesillas. Fernando V and Isabel of Castile,
and João II of Portugal; Tordesillas, June 7, 1494. … 115
[Note on correspondence of Jaime Ferrer regarding the Line
of Demarcation—1493-95.] 130
Compact between the Catholic Sovereigns and the King of
Portugal. Fernando V and Isabel of Castile, and João II of
Portugal; Madrid, April 15, 1495. 131
Papal Bull, Præcelsæ Leo X; Rome, November 3, 1514. 136
Instructions from the King of Spain to his ambassadors. Cárlos
I of Spain; Valladolid, February 4, 1523. 139
Letter to Juan de Zúñiga. Cárlos I of Spain; Pamplona,
December 18, 1523. 145
Treaty of Vitoria. Cárlos I of Spain, and João III of Portugal;
Vitoria, February 19, 1524
Junta of Badajoz: extract from the records in the possession
and ownership of the Moluccas. Badajoz; April 14-May 13, 1524

Opinions concerning the ownership of the
Moluccas. Hernando Colon, Fray Tomás Duran, Sebastian
Caboto, and Juan Vespucci; Badajoz April 13-15, 1524
Letters to the Spanish delegates at the Junta of
Badajoz. Cárlos I of Spain; Búrgos, March 21 and
April 10, 1524

Treaty of Zaragoza. Cárlos I of Spain and João III of Portugal;
Zaragoza, April 29, 1529