1788 57

Bibliographical Data 273

Appendix: Moro pirates and their raids in the seventeenth
century. [Compiled from various historians.] 277

ILLUSTRATIONS

Title-page of vol. vi of Lettres edifiantes (Paris, 1723);
photographic facsimile of copy in library of Wisconsin
Historical Society 41

Map of New Philippines or Palaos Islands, 1710 (?);
photographic facsimile of original map in Archivo general
de Indias, Sevilla 45

Map of Palaos Islands, discovered by Joseph Somera, 1710;
from original manuscript map in Biblioteca de Vittorio
Emanuele, Rome 53

Map of Magendanao (Mindanao); drawn by Fakynolano, elder
brother of the sultan of that place, ca., 1700; photographic
facsimile of original manuscript map in the
British Museum 280, 281

PREFACE

The main part of this volume is a record of the Recollect missions
in the Philippines from 1661 to 1712; these are conducted mainly
in western Luzon, Mindanao, and Calamianes, and Assis's account
contains much information of interest regarding conditions in those
regions. "Moro raids in the seventeenth century" summarizes the
principal events connected with that topic; and the Jesuit Clain
presents an interesting account of the discovery that the islands
called Palaos exist within range of the Philippines.

Extracts from letters written by Manila Jesuits in 1691 and 1694
furnish some items of news. Governor Cruzat y Gongora is making
rigorous exactions upon the alcaldes-mayor and the tributary Indians;
he engages in trade, and accepts gifts from office-seekers. In
1692, two richly-laden vessels from Manila are lost; and in 1694
another, which contained all the available wealth of the Manila
citizens. Various ecclesiastical squabbles continue as echoes of the
Pardo controversy.

A letter from the Jesuit Paul Clain (June 10, 1697) gives a vivid
description of the arrival in Samar of some strange people, driven
from their homes in the Palaos (or Pelew) Islands; and reports the
information gained from them about that hitherto unknown group in
the broad Pacific. These foreigners receive kind treatment from the
natives of Samar, an