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Title: The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803
Volume III, 1569-1576

Author: E.H. Blair

Release Date: December 6, 2004 [EBook #13616]

Language: English

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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803

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
beginning of the nineteenth century

Volume III, 1569-1576

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

Contents of Volume III

Preface. ... 15

Documents of 1569

Letter to Felipe II. Guido de Lavezaris; Cebu, June
5. ... 29
Letter to Felipe II. Andres de Mirandaola; Cubu,
June 8. ... 33
Letter to Marques de Falces. M.L. de Legazpi; Cubu,
July 7. ... 44
Relation of the Filipinas islands. M.L. de Legazpi;
[Cubu, July 7]. ... 54
Confirmation of Legazpi's title as governor and
captain-general. Felipe II; Madrid, August 14. ... 62

Documents of 1570

Letter to Felipe II. Fray Diego de Herrera; Mexico,
January 16. ... 69
Relation of the voyage to Luzon. [June, 1570?]. ... 73
Act of taking possession of Luzon. Martin de Goiti
and Hernando Riquel; Manila, June 6. ... 105
Letter to Felipe II. M. L. de Legazpi; Panae, July
25. ... 108
Evidence regarding the Portuguese expedition against
Cebu. M.L. de Legazpi; Cubu, October 21. ... 113

Documents of 1571-72

Relation of the discoveries of the Malucos and
Philippinas. [1571?]. ... 121
Requisitions of supplies for the Spanish forces in
the Philippines [1571?]. ... 132
Conquest of the island of Luzon. Manila, April 20,
1572. ... 141
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