The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 11 of 55 / 1599-1602 / 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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Countersigned by Juan de Ybarra.

Signed by the Council.

I [the King:] to the archbishop of Manila.

[Endorsed: "To the governor and Audiencia of the Philippinas; let them give information concerning the report that the duties can be raised on the merchandise from China.">[

Documents of 1600

The pacification of Mindanao. [Unsigned and undated; 1600?] Oliver van Noordt's attack on Luzón. Francisco Tello, and others; October-December.

Source: These documents are obtained from MSS. in the Archivo general de Indias, Sevilla.

Translations: The first document is translated by Robert W. Haight; in the second, the commission to Morga is translated by James A. Robertson; the instructions to him and to Alcega, by Jose M. and Clara M. Asensio; the account of the battle, by Arthur B. Myrick, of Harvard University, and James A. Robertson.

The Pacification of Mindanao

Concerning the pacification of the island of Mindanao; in the year 1600