The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 17 of 55 / 1609-1616 / 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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[Endorsed: ”Idem, to the provincial of the Order of St. Augustine for Philipinas.” ”Idem, to the provincial of the Society of Jesus there.” ”Idem, to the provincial of St. Francis for Philipinas.”]

Documents of 1612–13

• [Status of missions in the Philippines]. Gregorio Lopez. S.J., and others; [ca. 1612].
• [Trade of the Philippines]. Juan, marques de Montesclaros; April 12, 1612.
• [Letter from the bishop of Nueva Segovia]. [Domingo de Soria, O.P.]; August 15, 1613.
• [Letter to Silva]. Felipe III; December 2, 1613.

Sources: All these documents save one are obtained from original MSS. in the Archivo general de Indias, Sevilla. The second is taken from Doc ined. Amér. y Oceanía, vi, pp. 298–314.

Translations: The first and second are translated by James A. Robertson; the remainder by Robert W. Haight.

Status of Missions in the Philippines

Order of St. Augustine