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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 29 of 55, 1638–40: 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 29 of 55, 1638–40: 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

1    English                  11      3  30     330
1    falcon of King Don
       Sebastián of Portugal  11      4  28     308
2    of King Don Sebastián of
       Portugal               15     10  26     390
1    Manila, of the time of
       Tavora                 26,80  10  26     670
21   cámaras [26]                               124

Bronze artillery, useless, appraised merely at the value of the copper

1    English                  11     3   12     132
1    Siamese                   4     1   12-1/2  54
10   versos                   14         12     168

Cast-iron artillery

1       English                7     35   3     12-1/2     91
1       Macao                 12-1/2  4  12               156
1       English               11      4         12-1/2    137
1       Dutch                 10     88         12-1/2    136
1       English               12     25   5     12-1/2    153
1       Dutch                 12     25   5     12-1/2    153
1       English               10     45   5     12-1/2    130
1       English               14     63   7     12-1/2    182
1       Dutch                 18          9     12-1/2    225
1       English               21     33   9     12-1/2    266
1       Dutch                 24     97  11     12, and
                                                  1 tomin 312
1       iron base [roquero]                                 4


Firearms

                                           pesos

3       Vizcayan arquebuses                   12
10-1/2  Macao muskets                         31
11      Vizcayan field muskets                66
1       Dutch arquebus                         4
19      Macao arquebuses                      57
16      Dutch muskets                         64
1       musket de pinote of Macao              4
2       Vizcayan arquebuses                   10
7       arquebuses from Macao                 21
7       Japanese small guns [escopetillas]    21
2       Vizcayan field muskets                12
5       Dutch arquebuses                      15
10      Dutch muskets                         50
1       bit of a Vizcayan gun [escopeta]       1


Besides the above, in cloth or money, 2,866 [pesos]; in small darts
and blowpipes, 50 [pesos].

Lastly, from 192 captive Indians--men, women, and children--sold as
his Majesty's slaves at royal auction, 20,815 pesos. Of this amount
10,375 pesos were in cash, in coin; and the 10,440 remaining were
charged to the pay due the infantry and seamen.







DOCUMENTS OF 1639-1640

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History

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 29 of 55, 1638–40: 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

1    English                  11      3  30     330
1    falcon of King Don
       Sebastián of Portugal  11      4  28     308
2    of King Don Sebastián of
       Portugal               15     10  26     390
1    Manila, of the time of
       Tavora                 26,80  10  26     670
21   cámaras [26]                               124

Bronze artillery, useless, appraised merely at the value of the copper

1    English                  11     3   12     132
1    Siamese                   4     1   12-1/2  54
10   versos                   14         12     168

Cast-iron artillery

1       English                7     35   3     12-1/2     91
1       Macao                 12-1/2  4  12               156
1       English               11      4         12-1/2    137
1       Dutch                 10     88         12-1/2    136
1       English               12     25   5     12-1/2    153
1       Dutch                 12     25   5     12-1/2    153
1       English               10     45   5     12-1/2    130
1       English               14     63   7     12-1/2    182
1       Dutch                 18          9     12-1/2    225
1       English               21     33   9     12-1/2    266
1       Dutch                 24     97  11     12, and
                                                  1 tomin 312
1       iron base [roquero]                                 4


Firearms

                                           pesos

3       Vizcayan arquebuses                   12
10-1/2  Macao muskets                         31
11      Vizcayan field muskets                66
1       Dutch arquebus                         4
19      Macao arquebuses                      57
16      Dutch muskets                         64
1       musket de pinote of Macao              4
2       Vizcayan arquebuses                   10
7       arquebuses from Macao                 21
7       Japanese small guns [escopetillas]    21
2       Vizcayan field muskets                12
5       Dutch arquebuses                      15
10      Dutch muskets                         50
1       bit of a Vizcayan gun [escopeta]       1


Besides the above, in cloth or money, 2,866 [pesos]; in small darts
and blowpipes, 50 [pesos].

Lastly, from 192 captive Indians--men, women, and children--sold as
his Majesty's slaves at royal auction, 20,815 pesos. Of this amount
10,375 pesos were in cash, in coin; and the 10,440 remaining were
charged to the pay due the infantry and seamen.







DOCUMENTS OF 1639-1640

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

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