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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 11 of 55: 1599-1602; 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 Close of the Nineteenth Century

History

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 11 of 55: 1599-1602; 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 Close of the Nineteenth Century

Demarcation line of Alexander VI; Missions -- Philippines; Philippines -- Discovery and exploration; Philippines -- History -- Sources

At this time--news from the chief captain of Malaca having reached
the governor, to the effect that in the Sunda, [15] a hundred and
fifty leagues from that port, there had been seen a number of English
ships, whose designs were not known; and, a little later, word from
the commander of the fort of Maluco that there were at Terrenate,
within the port, two English ships with four hundred men and fifty
pieces of artillery--a council of war was held as to what was best to
do. The said council decided to withdraw the garrison from La Caldera
to Zibu, so that the enemy should not take that place; and, if they
should attempt to do damage to that province, they would find it in a
state of defense. Accordingly an order was sent to Captain Toribio de
Miranda to withdraw with the troops, arms, artillery, and munitions,
dismantling the fort; he was also told that he could return shortly
to the island with more troops and arms, in order to assist in its
defense. On the ninth of September Captain Toribio de Miranda arrived
at Zibu, with all the troops, artillery, arms, and munitions; and at
the same time General Don Juan Tello arrived at Zibu with a hundred
men, who came as reënforcement from the city of Manila. Having spent
six months there and commenced to build a fort of stone, the governor,
as they had no more news of the English referred to, sent an order to
the said Don Juan to come to the city of Manila--which he did with the
hundred men, leaving the province of Zibu in a prosperous condition,
with the troops which are usually kept there, and those of the garrison
of La Caldera, which in all amount to two hundred and fifty Spaniards.

After all this, in June of 1600 the governor received news, by way
of Malaca, that the ships which had passed to the South Sea belonged
to Dutch merchants, who had come to load with spices in the Maluco
Islands. Having transacted their business, they had returned to their
own country by way of Yndia, without doing any damage to the islands
of the west; it therefore seems that we are safe, notwithstanding
the news received of those enemies.





Oliver van Noordt's Attack on Luzon



_Commission to Antonio de Morga_

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

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History

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 11 of 55: 1599-1602; 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 Close of the Nineteenth Century

Demarcation line of Alexander VI; Missions -- Philippines; Philippines -- Discovery and exploration; Philippines -- History -- Sources

At this time--news from the chief captain of Malaca having reached
the governor, to the effect that in the Sunda, [15] a hundred and
fifty leagues from that port, there had been seen a number of English
ships, whose designs were not known; and, a little later, word from
the commander of the fort of Maluco that there were at Terrenate,
within the port, two English ships with four hundred men and fifty
pieces of artillery--a council of war was held as to what was best to
do. The said council decided to withdraw the garrison from La Caldera
to Zibu, so that the enemy should not take that place; and, if they
should attempt to do damage to that province, they would find it in a
state of defense. Accordingly an order was sent to Captain Toribio de
Miranda to withdraw with the troops, arms, artillery, and munitions,
dismantling the fort; he was also told that he could return shortly
to the island with more troops and arms, in order to assist in its
defense. On the ninth of September Captain Toribio de Miranda arrived
at Zibu, with all the troops, artillery, arms, and munitions; and at
the same time General Don Juan Tello arrived at Zibu with a hundred
men, who came as reënforcement from the city of Manila. Having spent
six months there and commenced to build a fort of stone, the governor,
as they had no more news of the English referred to, sent an order to
the said Don Juan to come to the city of Manila--which he did with the
hundred men, leaving the province of Zibu in a prosperous condition,
with the troops which are usually kept there, and those of the garrison
of La Caldera, which in all amount to two hundred and fifty Spaniards.

After all this, in June of 1600 the governor received news, by way
of Malaca, that the ships which had passed to the South Sea belonged
to Dutch merchants, who had come to load with spices in the Maluco
Islands. Having transacted their business, they had returned to their
own country by way of Yndia, without doing any damage to the islands
of the west; it therefore seems that we are safe, notwithstanding
the news received of those enemies.





Oliver van Noordt's Attack on Luzon



_Commission to Antonio de Morga_

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

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