dajoz; April 14-May 13, 1524

Opinions concerning the ownership of the
Moluccas. Hernando Colon, Fray Tomas Duran, Sebastian
Caboto, and Juan Vespucci; Badajoz April 13-15, 1524
Letters to the Spanish delegates at the Junta of
Badajoz. Carlos I of Spain; Burgos, March 21 and
April 10, 1524

Treaty of Zaragoza. Carlos I of Spain and Joao III of Portugal;
Zaragoza, April 29, 1529

Papal Bull, _Eximiae_. Alexander VI; Rome, November 16, 1501
Life and Voyage of Fernao de Magalhaes.

[Resume of contemporaneous documents--1518-27.]
Letter of authorization to Falero and Magalhaes. Carlos I of
Spain; Valladolid, March 22, 1518
Carta de el-rei de Castella para El-rei D. Manuel. Carlos I
of Spain; Barcelona, February 28, 1519
Instructions to Juan de Cartagena. Carlos I of Spain;
Barcelona, April 6, 1519
[1]Carta do rei de Castella a Fernando de Magalhaes e a Ruy
Falero. Carlos I; Barcelona, April 19, 1519 ... 294
Extracto de una carta de las Indias. 1522. ... 296
De Molvccis Insulis. [Letter to the Cardinal of Salzburg,
describing Magalhaes's voyage to the Moluccas.] Maximillianus
Transylvanus; Coloniae, 1523. ... 305

Bibliographical Data ... 339
Appendix: Chronological Tables ... 345

Illustrations

Portrait of Fernao de Magalhaes; photographic reproduction
from painting in the Museo-Biblioteca de Ultramar,
Madrid. ... _Frontispiece_
Signature of Fernao de Magalhaes; photographic facsimile, from original
_Ms_. in Archivo General de Indias, Seville. ... 273
Title-page of _De Molvccis Insulis_; photographic facsimile, from
copy of the first edition, at Lenox Library. ... 303
General map of the Philippine Archipelago. ... _At end of volume_

General Preface

The entrance of the United States of America into the arena of
world-politics, the introduction of American influence into Oriental
affairs, and the establishment of American authority in the Philippine
archipelago, all render the history of those islands and their,
numerous peoples a topic of engrossing interest and importance
to the reading public, and especially to scholars, historians,
and statesmen. The present work--its material carefully selected
and arranged from a vast mass of printed works and unpublished
manuscripts--is offered to the public with the intention and hope
of casting light on the great problems which confront the American
people in the Philippines; and of furnishing authentic and trustworthy