[2] That is, along the bay shore in the other direction—northward from the city of Manila.
[3] This is a misstatement, for the three islands of Samar, Negros, and Panay are larger than Paragua, the areas of the four islands in square miles being respectively, 5,031, 4,881, 4,611, and 4,027. See Census of Philippine Islands, ii, p. 30.
[4] The island of Cebú has an area of 1,762 square miles; Bohol, 1,441; 2,722; 5,031; Samar, 5,031; Negros, 4,881; Bantayan (the Bantallan of the text), 47; Panai, 4,611; Mindanao, 36,292. See Census of Philippine Islands, ii, p. 30.
[5] Bachian, not Ternate, is the largest of the Moluccas, its area being 800 square geographical miles, while that of Ternate is only 11.5. See Crawfurd’s Dictionary.
Documents of 1660–1666
- [Recollect missions, 1646–60]. Luis de Jesús and Diego de Santa Theresa, O.S.A. (Recollect); [compiled from their works].
- [Description of Filipinas Islands]. Bartholomé de Letona, O.S.F.; 1662.
- [Events in Manila, 1662–63]. [Unsigned; July, 1663?].
- [Letter to Francisco Yzquierdo]. Diego de Salcedo; July 16, 1664.
- [Why the friars are not subjected to episcopal visitation]. [Unsigned and undated; 1666?].
Sources: The first of these documents is taken from the Historia general de los religiosos descalzos ... de San Agustin: part II, by Luis de Jesús (Madrid, 1681), from a copy in the library of Edward E. Ayer, Chicago; and part III, by Diego de Santa Theresa (Barcelona, 1743), from a copy in the Library of Congress. The second is from a pamphlet bound in with a copy (in the possession of Antonio Graiño y Martinez, Madrid) of Letona’s Perfecta religiosa (Puebla, Mexico, 1662), a rare work. The remainder are from the Ventura del Arco MSS. (Ayer library), ii, pp. 401–483.
Translations: The first and fifth of these are translated by James A. Robertson; the remainder, by Emma Helen Blair.