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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 42, 1670-1700: 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 42, 1670-1700: 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

After this galleon had been despatched, news came about June of the
landing of the galleon "Santo Niño," which in the preceding year had
sailed for Acapulco, in charge of Don Antonio de Astina; in it came, as
its commander, Don Juan de Garaycoechea--a Navarrese, from the valley
of Baztán--who was married in Manila, and had spent several years in
Nueva España. In the galleon came the new governor, Don Fausto Cruzat
[y] Góngora, a knight of the Order of Santiago; he was a Navarrese,
a native of Pamplona, of the illustrious lineage of Cruzat--well known
in that kingdom, since from it have proceeded men so distinguished as
Don Martín de Redín y Cruzat, grand master of Malta; and his brother
Don Tiburcio de Redín, well known for his courage and still more for
his virtue, for, having entered the Capuchin order, he merited that his
biography should be printed with the title, The Spanish Capuchin, as
an example for his successors. An illustrious shoot from this house of
Cruzat is also the glorious St. Francis Javier, the apostle of India.

This gentleman brought his wife, Doña Beatriz de Aróstegui y Aguirre,
a native of Cádiz, a matron of great beauty and still greater virtue;
three sons, Don Martín, Don Fausto, and Don Juan; and two daughters,
Doña Ignacia and Doña Teresa. He also brought a sister, named Doña
Teresa de Aróstegui, who afterward married the aforesaid Don Juan de
Garaycoechea, then a knight of the Order of Santiago, who later died
in Méjico. Don Fausto had been waiting in that city three years, until
the term allowed to Don Gabriel de Curucelaegui in the government
here should be completed; and he would have waited much longer if
Don Gabriel's death had not dispensed him from a longer detention,
for with him was begun the practice of sending successors who may be
on the watch for the governor's [term of] life--I know not whether
it be to wish him well. Much could be said of this, and of the great
difficulties which can result from such a precaution--such as the
sale of offices, as has been done for many years; but it is not my
obligation to give an opinion on matters of state, but to relate
facts without contesting the laws.

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History

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 42, 1670-1700: 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

After this galleon had been despatched, news came about June of the
landing of the galleon "Santo Niño," which in the preceding year had
sailed for Acapulco, in charge of Don Antonio de Astina; in it came, as
its commander, Don Juan de Garaycoechea--a Navarrese, from the valley
of Baztán--who was married in Manila, and had spent several years in
Nueva España. In the galleon came the new governor, Don Fausto Cruzat
[y] Góngora, a knight of the Order of Santiago; he was a Navarrese,
a native of Pamplona, of the illustrious lineage of Cruzat--well known
in that kingdom, since from it have proceeded men so distinguished as
Don Martín de Redín y Cruzat, grand master of Malta; and his brother
Don Tiburcio de Redín, well known for his courage and still more for
his virtue, for, having entered the Capuchin order, he merited that his
biography should be printed with the title, The Spanish Capuchin, as
an example for his successors. An illustrious shoot from this house of
Cruzat is also the glorious St. Francis Javier, the apostle of India.

This gentleman brought his wife, Doña Beatriz de Aróstegui y Aguirre,
a native of Cádiz, a matron of great beauty and still greater virtue;
three sons, Don Martín, Don Fausto, and Don Juan; and two daughters,
Doña Ignacia and Doña Teresa. He also brought a sister, named Doña
Teresa de Aróstegui, who afterward married the aforesaid Don Juan de
Garaycoechea, then a knight of the Order of Santiago, who later died
in Méjico. Don Fausto had been waiting in that city three years, until
the term allowed to Don Gabriel de Curucelaegui in the government
here should be completed; and he would have waited much longer if
Don Gabriel's death had not dispensed him from a longer detention,
for with him was begun the practice of sending successors who may be
on the watch for the governor's [term of] life--I know not whether
it be to wish him well. Much could be said of this, and of the great
difficulties which can result from such a precaution--such as the
sale of offices, as has been done for many years; but it is not my
obligation to give an opinion on matters of state, but to relate
facts without contesting the laws.

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

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