The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 14 of 55 / 1606-1609 / 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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[1] After Acuña’s death, Rodrigo de Vivero was sent from Nueva España to govern the Philippines ad interim, where he arrived June 15, 1608. He remained less than one year in this poet, and was then made governor of Panama. In April, 1609, arrived his successor, Juan de Silva, a member of the Order of Santiago; and distinguished by military service in Flanders. He governed the Philippines for seven years, and died at Malaca, on his way with an expedition to the Spice Islands, on April 19, 1616.

Documents of 1608–09

• [Annual receipts and expenditures of the Philippine government.] Pedro de Caldierva de Mariaca; August 18, 1608.
• [Decrees regarding way-station for Philippine vessels.] Felipe III; September 27, 1608, and May 13, 1609.
• [Letters to Juan de Silva.] Felipe III; May 26 and July 29, 1609.
• [Expeditions to the province of Tuy.] Juan Manuel de la Vega; July 3, 1609.
• [Petition of a Filipino chief for redress.] Miguel Banal; July 25, 1609.
• [Despatch of missionaries to the Philippines.] Diego Aduarte. and others; [1608–09?].

Source: All these documents are obtained from the Archivo general de Indias, Sevilla.

Translations: The first, fourth, and fifth documents are translated by James A. Robertson; the first decree in the second, by Henry B. Lathrop, of the University of Wisconsin; the rest, by Robert W. Haight.

Annual Receipts and Expenditures of the Philippine Government

Statement of the Annual Incomes and Sources of Profit of His Majesty in These Philipinas Islands

Tributes from his Majesty’s encomiendas