The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 36, 1649-1666: 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.
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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 36, 1649-1666: 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
In the islands called Calamianes is located an alcalde-mayor with
a small presidio, as it lies opposite the Camucones enemy. The
administration of all those islands, and of that called Cuio, is in
charge of discalced Augustinian religious.
Bishopric of Cagayan or Nueva Segovia
The city where the seat of the bishopric is located is called Nueva
Segovia. It has a Spanish presidio and its fort, whose castellan
is the alcalde-mayor of that jurisdiction. It is in charge of one
secular cura. The religious of St. Dominic have a convent in the said
city. The jurisdiction is about eighty leguas long and forty wide. All
the province of Cagayan is in charge of religious of St. Dominic except
the village and port of Viga, which is in charge of a secular cura.
Next to that province on the side toward the archbishopric of Manila,
lies the province called Ylocos. It is very fertile and abounds in
gold and cotton, and is densely populated. It has an alcalde-mayor, and
all its administration is in charge of calced Augustinian religious.
The province called Pangasinan is next to the said province of
Ylocos. It is densely populated, fertile, and abounds in gold. The
religious of St. Dominic have charge of it, with the exception of
some small villages on the seacoast, which are in charge of discalced
Augustinian religious. All those three provinces together with the
islands called Babullanes belong to the said bishopric of Cagaian. They
lie north of Manila. There are many people yet to be converted, some
of them being rebels who have taken to the mountains, while there
are others who pay their tributes although they are not Christians.
Bishopric of Camarines or Nueva Cazeres
In the part opposite the bishopric of Cagayan lies the bishopric
called Camarines or Nueva Cazeres. Its city, called [Nueva] Cazeres,
is the seat of the bishopric and has a secular cura and a convent of
religious of St. Francis which has a hospital. All that province of
Camarines, and another one called Paracale is in charge of religious
of St. Francis; and they are in the jurisdiction of one alcalde-mayor.
The province called Calilaya or Taiabas, which has another
alcalde-mayor, is also in the charge of religious of St. Francis,
except the villages called Bondo which are in charge of seculars. The
said jurisdiction has another province called Canttanduanes, which has
its own corregidor; and some small islands a short distance from the
mainland. Those islands, which are called Burias, Masbate, and Tican,
are in charge of seculars.
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