The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 21 of 55 / 1624 / 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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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 close of the nineteenth century,

Volume XXI, 1624

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

Contents of Volume XXI

• [Preface] 9
• [Documents of 1624]
  • [Ecclesiastical affairs of the Philippines]. Miguel García Serrano, and others; 1574–1624 19
  • [Conflict between civil and religious authorities in Manila]. [Unsigned and undated; 1624?] 79
  • [Seminary for Japanese missionaries]. Alvaro de Messa y Lugo, and others; Manila, July 23–August 5 84
  • [Extract from letter to Felipe IV]. Miguel García Serrano; Manila, August 15 95
  • [Royal orders regarding the religious]. Felipe IV; Madrid, August–December 98
• [Early Recollect missions in the Philippines]. Andrés de San Nicolas, Luis de Jesús, and Juan de la Concepción. (Extracts from their respective works, covering the history of the missions to the year 1624.) 111
• [Bibliographical Data] 319