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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

That year arrived an excellent mission which had been collected in
España by father Fray Francisco de la Trinidad, who had remained
there as bishop-elect of Santa Marta, and Father Matheo Bermudez, who
conducted it to Mexico, where he remained as vicar of San Jacinto. The
latter entrusted his office to father Fray Juan de Polanco, who
brought that mission safely to Filipinas to the great joy of all the
religious. The mission consisted of thirty-eight, [35] and their names,
occupations, and native places are as follows in order of age: father
Fray Joseph Duriach, son of the royal convent of Santa Catalina Martir
in Barcelona, former lecturer in the arts in Girona; father Fray Luis
Alvarez, son of [the convent of] San Pablo in Valladolid, former fellow
of San Gregorio, and lecturer in the arts in the said his convent of
San Pablo; father Fray Juan Polanco, son of [the convent of] San Pablo
in Valladolid, former fellow of San Gregorio, and former master of
students in Santa Maria la Real at Trianos, who came as vicar of that
mission from Mexico; father Fray Alonso de Leon, son of [the convent
of] San Pablo in Palencia; father Fray Domingo de San Pedro, son of
[the convent of] Santa Zita in Palermo, lecturer in arts in the said
his house; father Fray Pedro de Santo Domingo, son of [the convent of]
San Pedro Martir in Mantua, and lecturer in arts in the said his house;
father Fray Diego de San Roman, son of [the convent of] Santo Domingo
in Victoria, and lecturer in logic in Santa Maria la Real in Trianos;
father Fray Antonio Calderon, son of [the convent of] San Estevan in
Salamanca, and fellow of Santo Tomàs in Alcalà de Henares; father Fray
Francisco Sanchez, son of [the convent of] San Pedro Martir in Toledo,
and fellow of San Gregorio in Valladolid; father Fray Felipe Leonardo,
son of the Preachers in Valencia; father Fray Tomàs Butiel, son of
[the convent of] San Pablo in Hipra [i.e., Ypres] in lower Germania;
father Fray Salvador de Santo Tomàs, son of [the convent of] Santo
Domingo in Guzman de San Lucar; father Fray Domingo de Villamide, son
of [the convent of] Santo Domingo at Santiago in Galicia; father Fray
Martin de Trigueros, son of [the convent of] Santo Domingo in Ocaña;
father Fray Pedro del Barco, son of [the convent of] La Madre de Dios
in Alcalà de Henares; father Fray Jayme Berge, son of [the convent
of] Corpus Christi at Luchente in the kingdom of Valencia; father
Fray Juan Teodoro, son of [the convent of] San Vicente at Calcha,
in the province of Flandes; father Fray Agustin Garcia, son of [the
convent of] Santo Tomàs in Madrid; father Fray Diego Serrano, son of
[the convent of] San Pedro Martir in Toledo; father Fray Joseph de
Noriega, son of [the convent of] San Estevan in Salamanca; father Fray
Leonardo Marquez, son of [the convent of] San Agustin in Padua; father
Fray Nicolas Merlo, son of [the convent of] San Estevan in Salamanca;
father Fray Antonio Martinez, son of the convent of Santo Domingo at

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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

That year arrived an excellent mission which had been collected in
España by father Fray Francisco de la Trinidad, who had remained
there as bishop-elect of Santa Marta, and Father Matheo Bermudez, who
conducted it to Mexico, where he remained as vicar of San Jacinto. The
latter entrusted his office to father Fray Juan de Polanco, who
brought that mission safely to Filipinas to the great joy of all the
religious. The mission consisted of thirty-eight, [35] and their names,
occupations, and native places are as follows in order of age: father
Fray Joseph Duriach, son of the royal convent of Santa Catalina Martir
in Barcelona, former lecturer in the arts in Girona; father Fray Luis
Alvarez, son of [the convent of] San Pablo in Valladolid, former fellow
of San Gregorio, and lecturer in the arts in the said his convent of
San Pablo; father Fray Juan Polanco, son of [the convent of] San Pablo
in Valladolid, former fellow of San Gregorio, and former master of
students in Santa Maria la Real at Trianos, who came as vicar of that
mission from Mexico; father Fray Alonso de Leon, son of [the convent
of] San Pablo in Palencia; father Fray Domingo de San Pedro, son of
[the convent of] Santa Zita in Palermo, lecturer in arts in the said
his house; father Fray Pedro de Santo Domingo, son of [the convent of]
San Pedro Martir in Mantua, and lecturer in arts in the said his house;
father Fray Diego de San Roman, son of [the convent of] Santo Domingo
in Victoria, and lecturer in logic in Santa Maria la Real in Trianos;
father Fray Antonio Calderon, son of [the convent of] San Estevan in
Salamanca, and fellow of Santo Tomàs in Alcalà de Henares; father Fray
Francisco Sanchez, son of [the convent of] San Pedro Martir in Toledo,
and fellow of San Gregorio in Valladolid; father Fray Felipe Leonardo,
son of the Preachers in Valencia; father Fray Tomàs Butiel, son of
[the convent of] San Pablo in Hipra [i.e., Ypres] in lower Germania;
father Fray Salvador de Santo Tomàs, son of [the convent of] Santo
Domingo in Guzman de San Lucar; father Fray Domingo de Villamide, son
of [the convent of] Santo Domingo at Santiago in Galicia; father Fray
Martin de Trigueros, son of [the convent of] Santo Domingo in Ocaña;
father Fray Pedro del Barco, son of [the convent of] La Madre de Dios
in Alcalà de Henares; father Fray Jayme Berge, son of [the convent
of] Corpus Christi at Luchente in the kingdom of Valencia; father
Fray Juan Teodoro, son of [the convent of] San Vicente at Calcha,
in the province of Flandes; father Fray Agustin Garcia, son of [the
convent of] Santo Tomàs in Madrid; father Fray Diego Serrano, son of
[the convent of] San Pedro Martir in Toledo; father Fray Joseph de
Noriega, son of [the convent of] San Estevan in Salamanca; father Fray
Leonardo Marquez, son of [the convent of] San Agustin in Padua; father
Fray Nicolas Merlo, son of [the convent of] San Estevan in Salamanca;
father Fray Antonio Martinez, son of the convent of Santo Domingo at

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