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

by Unknown

I, The King

Countersigned by Francisco de Eraso. Signed by Luis Quixada, Vasquez Çapata, Molina, Aguilera, Villafane.

[Endorsed: “Miguel Lopez de Legazpi. Title of Governor and Captain-general of the island of Çubu.”] Page 52

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[1] This word may be “your;” it is uncertain whether the Spanish word is nr̄a or vr̄a.

Documents of 1570

• [Letter to Felipe II]. Fray Diego de Herrera; January 16.
• [Relation of the voyage to Luzón]. [June?]
• [Act of taking possession of Luzón]. Martin de Goiti and Hernando Riquel; June 6.
• [Letter to Felipe II]. Miguel Lopez de Legazpi; July 25.
• [Evidence regarding the Portuguese expedition against Cebú]. Miguel Lopez de Legazpi; October 21.

Sources: MSS. in the Archivo general de Indias, Sevilla.

Translations: The second and third documents are translated by Alfonso de Salvio; the others, by Arthur B. Myrick. Page 53