The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 02 of 55: 1521-1569; 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
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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 02 of 55: 1521-1569; 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
Demarcation line of Alexander VI; Missions -- Philippines; Philippines -- Discovery and exploration; Philippines -- History -- Sources
Five hundred pieces of cloths from Teguintepeq
for sails, d
One hundred _quintals_ of tar, c
Fifty _quintals_ of pitch, l
For _sallotes_ ropes which are necessary, four pieces
of one hundred and fifty _brazas_ each, to weigh
three _quintals_ apiece, xii _quintals_
Four hawsers of one hundred _brazas_ each, to weigh
four _quintals_ apiece, xvi
Two workmen, oar makers, to make oars from the wood
hereabout, ii
Two hundred pulleys; with both eyes and sheaves, cc
One hundred _quintals_ of grease, c
Two hundred sheep-skins with the wool on, cc
All this cordage to be _agave_ and hemp.
Also two anvils of two _arrobas_ each, ii
Also two small ones from six to seven pounds, ii
One anvil, i
Two screws for filing, ii
A half-dozen boys for ironworking, vi
Three or four bellows-pipes for forges, iiii
One hundred heavy coats of mail, c
The powder and fuse which have been asked for,
Likewise three or four pairs more of bellows are
asked for, iiii
Twelve more negroes, xii
Two hundred more iron axes shod in Mexico, cc
Two hundred mattocks, cc
One hundred more pieces of Tequantepeque [Tehuantepec]
and Venetian canvas, c
One pair of large fishing-nets which may come in the
hogsheads mentioned above, ii
Ear-rings, glassware, and fine coral,
The coins and bars of silver, just as they have been
asked for,
The caldrons of pitch, because those that were made
in Mexico were worthless,
One dozen caldrons with three compartments, xii
Four syringes, and the cupping glasses and the lancets
which are likewise ordered,
Sail-needles with large eyes,
Workmen who understand how to build vessels,
Six cables for the flagship, of fourteen or sixteen
_quintals_ each
The steel that is asked for. [Certain shapes and
sizes of steel spikes are specified, with drawings
to illustrate; five, thirty, forty, and fifty
respectively, of the various kinds are asked for.]
[_Endorsed:_ "List of articles which are required for his majesty's
camp situated in the port of Cubu of the West."]
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