[12] The island of Panay, in which is a village of the same name. The Augustinian missionaries began their labors in this island in 1572, at Oton (or Ogtong). Their first establishment in the archipelago was at Cebu (1565). Dumangas mission was begun in 1578; Aclan, in 1581; Passi, in 1593; Ibahay, in 1611. All these are in Panay. See list of convents and villages founded by the Augustinians in the Philippines, from 1565 to 1880, at the end of Medina's _Historia_, pp. 481-488. [13] The monument of Legazpi and Urdaneta presented in this volume was the work of the sculptor, Agustin Querol, and of the architect, Luis Maria Cabello. On the front and rear of the pedestal are the arms of Manila and Spain. On one side are allegorical representations of the sea and, valor for Legazpi, and on the other the emblems of science for Urdaneta. The pedestal ends above in a border upon which are the names of Magallanes, Elcano, Jofre de Loaisa, and Villalobos. This monument is due to Senor Gutierrez de la Vega, who initiated a public subscription during the last years of the Spanish regime for a monument to the two discoverers. As it arrived at Manila where Spanish authority in the islands was tottering or ended, it was placed in position by the Americans. See "Espana y America," (Augustinian review), for April, 1903, pp. 479-485. [14] See _Vol_. XV, p. 102, note 66. [15] Western group of the Carolinas. They were called Los Reyes, because they were discovered on the sixth of January, when the festival of the holy kings is celebrated.--_Miguel Coco, O.S.A._ Fray Miguel Coco--born at Zamora in 1860, and a resident in the Philippines during 1881-95--was editor of Medina's _Historia_, on which he made copious annotations. Many of these we reproduce or synopsize, in English translation, all of which are signed by his name. [16] The Corales (or Coral), San Esteban, or Jardines Islands are now the northern Carolinas.--_Coco_. [17] Now the Palaos.--_Coco_. [18] For the name of this latter island, see _Vol_. II, p. 68. The Spanish editor of Medina, in referring to San Agustin's _Conquistas_ (p. 26), where the name of this island is discussed, says wrongly that the name was given by the Legazpi expedition. It is one of the western Carolinas. [19] In hydrography the name _placeres_ is given to the layer of sand in stagnant water or alluvion which usually has particles of gold. The Placeres are in die western part of the Carolinas. See San Agustin's _Conquistas_, p. 67, and Montero y Vidal's _El archipielago filipino_ (Madrid, 1886), pp. 443-499.--_Coco_. [20] The largest of the Marianas or Ladrone Islands is Guam, which was ceded to the United States by Spain in 1898. The remaining twelve smaller islands of the group were transferred to Germany by Spain.