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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 37, 1669-1676: 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 37, 1669-1676: 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

[Andrés de Medina, who had been deposed by the new governor on the
high sea from his ill-gotten command, obtains permission from the
latter after their arrival in the islands to go wherever he wishes,
to secure treatment for the illness from which he is suffering. He
has a ship prepared secretly, and goes first to Bolinao, "where he
discharged and paid the rowers. With the aid of father Fray Juan
de la Santísima Trinidad--a discalced Augustinian religious who was
minister of that village, and afterward provincial of that province
of San Nicolás--ship's-stores and all else needed for the voyage were
prepared, and they crossed the sea toward the west to the mainland of
Cochinchina, where it appears that they arrived; and where the natives
of that country murdered them for the sake of robbing them." Some of
their merchandise, and some of the mathematical instruments belonging
to Medina are afterward offered for sale to some Portuguese who go
to Cochinchina.]

Governor Don Diego de Salcedo was a man of great intelligence and
wisdom, and commenced to govern to the satisfaction of all. His first
measure was to place on the stocks the galleon "Nuestra Señora de la
Concepción" a work of the great master, Juan Bautista Nicolás. He sent
ambassadors to the surrounding kingdoms to build up the commerce which
is the mainspring of the community of Manila and all these islands. He
sent the commander Don Juan de Vergara to the kingdom of Camboja,
accompanied by Captain Fernando Quintela, to discuss the building
of galleons in that kingdom. That mission had no effect, however. He
sent Don José de la Vega, a native of Manila, treasurer of the royal
exchequer, a man of great intelligence and capacity, to the kingdom of
Banta; and Don Francisco Enríquez de Losada to the kingdom of Siam. All
complied with the obligation of their duty, which was directed to
the establishment of commerce and friendly relations. He also sent
Don Juan de Zalaeta to Batavia to buy anchors for his galleons, as
there were no smithies in Filipinas where they could be made of the
size demanded by those galleons. That commerce was very good in his
time, and Captains Juan de Ergueza, Diego de Palencia, and others made
repeated voyages, and brought back quantities of cinnamon and spices
which are very profitable to the commerce of Nueva España. In these
and other arrangements and provisions the whole year 1664 passed during
which time no event of consideration, or any worth writing, occurred.





CHAPTER XXX

    Second election as provincial of our father Fray Alonso Quijano;
    conversion of the villages of Aclán and Vera; the undertakings
    of Admiral Pedro Durán against the Igolotes; death of our father
    the ex-provincial Fray Diego de Ordax; and other events.

(1665-67)

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History

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 37, 1669-1676: 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

[Andrés de Medina, who had been deposed by the new governor on the
high sea from his ill-gotten command, obtains permission from the
latter after their arrival in the islands to go wherever he wishes,
to secure treatment for the illness from which he is suffering. He
has a ship prepared secretly, and goes first to Bolinao, "where he
discharged and paid the rowers. With the aid of father Fray Juan
de la Santísima Trinidad--a discalced Augustinian religious who was
minister of that village, and afterward provincial of that province
of San Nicolás--ship's-stores and all else needed for the voyage were
prepared, and they crossed the sea toward the west to the mainland of
Cochinchina, where it appears that they arrived; and where the natives
of that country murdered them for the sake of robbing them." Some of
their merchandise, and some of the mathematical instruments belonging
to Medina are afterward offered for sale to some Portuguese who go
to Cochinchina.]

Governor Don Diego de Salcedo was a man of great intelligence and
wisdom, and commenced to govern to the satisfaction of all. His first
measure was to place on the stocks the galleon "Nuestra Señora de la
Concepción" a work of the great master, Juan Bautista Nicolás. He sent
ambassadors to the surrounding kingdoms to build up the commerce which
is the mainspring of the community of Manila and all these islands. He
sent the commander Don Juan de Vergara to the kingdom of Camboja,
accompanied by Captain Fernando Quintela, to discuss the building
of galleons in that kingdom. That mission had no effect, however. He
sent Don José de la Vega, a native of Manila, treasurer of the royal
exchequer, a man of great intelligence and capacity, to the kingdom of
Banta; and Don Francisco Enríquez de Losada to the kingdom of Siam. All
complied with the obligation of their duty, which was directed to
the establishment of commerce and friendly relations. He also sent
Don Juan de Zalaeta to Batavia to buy anchors for his galleons, as
there were no smithies in Filipinas where they could be made of the
size demanded by those galleons. That commerce was very good in his
time, and Captains Juan de Ergueza, Diego de Palencia, and others made
repeated voyages, and brought back quantities of cinnamon and spices
which are very profitable to the commerce of Nueva España. In these
and other arrangements and provisions the whole year 1664 passed during
which time no event of consideration, or any worth writing, occurred.





CHAPTER XXX

    Second election as provincial of our father Fray Alonso Quijano;
    conversion of the villages of Aclán and Vera; the undertakings
    of Admiral Pedro Durán against the Igolotes; death of our father
    the ex-provincial Fray Diego de Ordax; and other events.

(1665-67)

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

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